yā tvekatvena kalpitā santatiḥ sā tattvānyatvābhyāmavācyatvād avastutvenābhimatā ākāśāmbhoruhapaṅktivad iti
That 'chain' which has been postulated as one [entity] has been regarded as unreal like a row of lotuses in the sky, since it cannot be described as either identical with or different from [its constituents]