na bhavatītyabhāva akhyāyate, tat kuto 'sya vaiśiṣṭyamityetat sarvaṃ sumatinoktam āgūryāha atadātmakamevedam ityādi
[When something] does not exist [as something else], it is called 'non-entity'; thus how could it have distinctness? All this has been stated by Sumati; responding to this, [the Author] proceeds to say "atadātmakam eva idam" etc.