na cāpi vaidharmyadṛṣṭānte 'vaśyaṃ vastubhūtaṃ dharmyāśrayaṇīyaḥ tatra sādhyanivṛttau sādhananivṛttimātrasya sādhayitumiṣṭatvāt /
Nor is it necessary in a vaidharmya instance [i.e., example by dissimilarity] that the substrate must be a real entity, since what is intended to be proved there is merely the absence of the probans when the probandum is absent.