yataścaivaṃ nimittāntarābhyupagame sāmānyādidhiyāṃ doṣas tasmādyatparair ucyate guṇatvādireva sāmānyaviśeṣo guṇādiṣvadravyākarmādipratyayahetuḥ, sāmānyeṣu ca sattādiṣu sāmānyamityanugatapratyayasyānekārthasamavāyo nimittam iti, tadapāstaṃ bhavatītyetad āha adravyādītyādi
Since there are thus faults in accepting another cause for cognitions of universals etc., what others claim - that the particular universal "quality-hood" etc. is the cause of cognitions of "non-substance" etc. in qualities etc., and that inherence in multiple objects is the cause of the comprehensive cognition of "universal" in universals like "being" etc. - that [claim] is refuted. This is what [the author] states [in the verse] beginning with "adravyādi-".