yadi sādṛśyaṃ na bhaved ity āha tadapītyādi / tadapyarthakriyāyogyam iti vastviti kalpane / asamarthaparāvṛttiḥ sādṛśyaṃ tadvikalpitam //
[He] speaks thus about what would happen if there were no similarity: When there is the conception that "that too is capable of effective action," [there arises] the thought "it is an entity"; [thus] there is conceptualized similarity consisting in differentiation from what is incapable.