paramārthatas tu svabhāva eva vastuno bhedāntarapratikṣepajijñāsāyāṃ tathocyata iti darśayati vastvātmā veti /
But in ultimate reality, it is merely the nature of the entity itself, and is spoken of thus for the purpose of investigating the rejection of other differences—this is what is shown by [the words] "or the entity itself."