athainaṃ saṅketamanaskāraṃ pakṣa evāntarbhāvya tadvyatiriktanityaikānugāmisāmānyākhyasaṃsarginibandhanatvam eṣāṃ sādhyate tadā dṛṣṭāntasya sādhyavikalatā, na hyevambhūtena kvacidanvayaḥ siddhaḥ /
If after including this conventional mental impression in the subject [itself], it is sought to be proved that these [notions] are based on connection with something called a universal—which is eternal, all-pervading and distinct from that [conventional impression]—then the example lacks the probandum, for concomitance with such a thing has never been established anywhere.