yaccoktam uttarapadārthaviṣayatvānnisaḥ kiṃ sātmakam iti vācyam iti / tadapyasaṅgatam / na hyuttarapadārthaḥ sanneva niṣidhyate / kiṃ tarhi samāropitaḥ /
And what has been said, that "since the prefix 'nis' must refer to what follows, [you] must state what it is that is 'with soul'," - that too is irrelevant. For it is not [something] actually existing that is being negated, but rather [something] superimposed.