atraivopapattimāha na viśeṣaṇetyādi / nahi daṇḍasambandhamantareṇa tadvān bhavati, tadvad viśiṣṭo 'pi viśeṣasambandhamantareṇa na yukta iti bhāvaḥ /
[The author] states the reason for this starting with "na viśeṣaṇa": Just as one cannot become a stick-bearer without connection with a stick, similarly something cannot be qualified without connection with qualifiers.