yadyaśritas tadāśritatvād guṇaḥ prāptaḥ, tataś ca gośabdena guṇa evābhidhīyate nāgaur iti gaus tiṣṭhati gaur gacchatīti sāmānādhikaraṇyaṃ na prāpnoti / athānāśritas tadā kenārthenāgorapoha iti ṣaṣṭhī syāt / athāvyatiritas tadā gaurevāsāviti na kiñcit kṛtaṃ bhavati //
If dependent, then being dependent it becomes a quality, and thus the word 'cow' would denote only a quality, not the [substance] cow, so co-reference in [expressions] like "the cow stands" [and] "the cow moves" would not be possible. If independent, then what meaning would the genitive case have in [the expression] "exclusion of non-cow"? If non-different, then it is just the cow itself and nothing is accomplished [by positing it].