patataḥ asya iti kāryam hi dhruvam hetoḥ viśeṣaṇam / anyathā vyabhicāri tvam durnivāram prasajyate // kārya tā vyavahāraḥ tu tasya vismaraṇe sati / yadi sādhyaḥ trirūpaḥ syāt pūrva siddha nidarśanāt // 
1398) If what is meant to be proved (asserted in the conclusion) is that between the two (the pain and the insect) there is the relation of cause and effect,—which has been forgotten,—then the probans would be ‘three-featured’, as there would be a corroborative instance provided by previous experience 