成唯識論述記 2.67

2.67

The Commentary states: Below is the refutation proper. The syllogism is: That combined aspect does not exist as a real entity distinct from the atoms (thesis); because it is nothing other than the atoms (reason); like an atom (example). This incurs the fallacy of proving what is already accepted (siddhasādhana). The Sautrāntika does not say that the combination has real entity, so it is now cited and determined. Stating that the combined aspect is not real serves to demonstrate that it is not the condition (pratyaya) of the five consciousnesses. It is not that your—the Sautrāntika master's—combined aspect has a real individual entity distinct from the original, real atoms, because when that combination is analyzed, the consciousness that cognizes the nominal combined aspect definitely does not arise.