tatra na tāvat tābhir vyaṅgyatvāt tat sambaddhaṃ sāmānyaṃ, nityatayā parair anupakāryasya viśeṣābhāvād vyaṅgyatvānupapatteḥ /
First, the Universal cannot be connected [with the Particulars] through being manifested by them, because being eternal and thus not capable of being affected by others, it cannot have any specific features [produced in it], hence manifestation is impossible.