[285] **"Those who examine questions … refuted" (apāhataṃ pañhavimaṃsakā ye):** those who are examiners of questions (pañhavīmaṃsakā) — the assemblies (parisā), the members of the assemblies (pārisajjā), the adjudicators (pāsanikā) — they refute it: saying, "What has been spoken is devoid of meaning (attha)," they refute it with respect to the meaning; saying, "What has been spoken is devoid of phrasing (byañjana)," they refute it with respect to the phrasing; saying, "What has been spoken is devoid of both meaning and phrasing," they refute it with respect to both meaning and phrasing, thus: "Your meaning is badly deduced; your phrasing is badly set forth; your meaning and phrasing are badly deduced and badly set forth. You have not effected the refutation (niggaha); your counter-move (paṭikamma) is badly made. You have not made the distinction (visesa); your counter-distinction (paṭivisesa) is badly made. You have not made the thrust (āvedhiyā); your penetration (nibbedhiyā) is badly made. You have not made the cut (cheda); your rounding-off (maṇḍala) is badly done. [1] It is badly stated, badly declared, badly uttered, badly voiced, badly spoken." Thus they refute it. Hence, "those who examine questions … refuted."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.