yadi sāmānyenānurūpasaṃsarginimittāntaramātranibandhanatvam eṣāṃ prasādhyate tadā siddhasādhyatā, yato gavādisaṅketābhoga eva gavādipratyayavyapadeśānām anurūpasambandhī /
If all that is sought to be proved is the mere fact that these [notions] are based on other causes related to [their] corresponding associates, then it is proving what is already proven, because the collection of conventions regarding cows etc. is itself the corresponding associate of notions and designations regarding cows etc.