tataś ca yadetat antyavarṇe hi vijñāte ityādinā kumārilena sphoṭavādinam prati samuccayajñānaṃ varṇitam, tad asman mata eva yujyate na tu bhavatāṃ mīmāṃsakānāṃ nirākāravādināṃ mata ityuktaṃ bhavati //
Thus, what Kumārila has described regarding cumulative cognition against the Sphoṭa-theorist with [the words] "when the last letter is cognized" etc., that is compatible only with our view, not with your view, [you] Mīmāṃsakas who maintain [cognitions are] formless.