nacāprasiddhatā hetor jātyādeḥ pratiṣedhataḥ / bhedena cāparicchhedān nacāstyevaṃ viśeṣaṇam //
[Our] reason cannot be said to be unproven, since the universal and other [qualifying factors] have [all] been rejected, and since [they] are not cognized as distinct [from particulars], and thus there are no such qualifying properties.