athavā yeyaṃ gobuddhiḥ sā sābaleyān na bhavati, yadvā tadvyatiriktārthālambanā, tadabhāve 'pi bhāvāt, yathā ghaṭe pārthivabuddhiḥ /
Or again, this notion of 'cow' cannot [arise] from [a particular cow like] the Sābaleya [cow], or [if it does arise, then] it must have as its object something different from that [particular cow], because it exists even in the absence of that [particular cow], just as [there exists] the notion of 'earthenness' with respect to a jar.