tataś ca saiva vivakṣā dārā ityādiṣvasya bahuvacanasya nibandhanam astu bhedābhāvepyekam api vastu bahutvena vivakṣyata ityato nāsiddhatā hetoḥ //
And therefore, let that same intention be the basis for the plural in words like 'dārāḥ', because even when there is no actual multiplicity, a single thing can be intended [to be expressed] as many, [and] thus our reason is not unproven