śabdasyaikatve sati saṃskṛtāsaṃskṛtatve dve avasthe niṣparyāyeṇa na prāpnutaḥ, avasthāyā avasthātur abhedāt, avasthātṛsvarūpavadavasthayorapyekatvam eva prāpnoti /
Given the unity of sound, the two states of 'embellished' and 'unembellished' cannot [exist] simultaneously, because a state cannot differ from that which possesses the state; just as the possessor of the state is one, so the states too must be one only.