athadrūpaparāvṛttavastumātrasamāśrayāt / sāmānyaviṣayaṃ proktaṃ liṅgaṃ bhedāpratiṣṭhiteḥ //
Inasmuch as [the inferential mark] is based upon the thing-in-itself as differentiated from things not of that form, the indicative [mark] pertaining to the universal has been declared [to be] the indicative of the absence of diversity.