syād etat yadi nāma prativādino jāter abhyupagamād vyatireko na siddhas tathāpi bauddhādeḥ svavādino jāter anabhyupagamāt siddha eva tat katham anaikāntikatetyāha asiddha ityādi /
There might be this [objection]: Even if the negative concomitance is not established because the opponent admits universals, nevertheless since the Buddhist opponent does not accept universals, it is indeed established - so how can there be inconclusiveness? [To this, the author] states [the verse beginning with] "asiddha-".