yadi hyavasthānām evotpādavyayau na puruṣasyetyevam utpādānutpādalakṣaṇo viruddhadharmasa[ṅgo] 'bhyupagamyate, tadā bhedaprasaṅgaḥ
If it is accepted that there is a conjunction of contradictory properties characterized by origination and non-origination - namely that origination and destruction belong only to the states and not to the puruṣa - then difference [between them] follows.