tasmād astyeva saṃyogādir vāstavo yadvaśāstraitraḥ kuṇḍalī na bhavatīyādiniṣedhavidhānādi pravibhaktam eva pratīyate
Therefore, conjunction and similar [relations] must indeed exist as real things, by virtue of which distinct affirmations and negations like "Caitra is with earrings" and "Caitra is without earrings" are cognized.