tatra sādhāraṇe kārye sarveṣām eva yaugapadyenopayoga iti samastānāṃ hetutvajñāpanārthamabhinnadravyarūpābhāve 'pi ta eva bhedino 'pi ghaṭa ityādināśabdenaikasaṅkhyāviśiṣṭā ucyante / asādhāraṇakāryopayogitvavivakṣāyāṃ tu nānāsaṃkhyāsta iti saṅkhyābhedaḥkāryabhedaś ca teṣu vyavasthāpyate /
In the case of common effects, all [factors] are employed simultaneously; hence to indicate their collective causality, even though there is no unitary substance-form pervading them and even though they are distinct, they are denoted by singular terms like "jar"; but when their particular causal efficacy is to be expressed, they are spoken of in plural number - thus both numerical difference and functional difference are established among them.