yadi ca bhāvo bhāvāntarātulyaḥ syāt tadā kimiti ghaṭādiṣveva bhāvo bhāva ityabhinnā buddhir bhavati natu kākadantādiṣviti tatra kāraṇaṃ vaktavyam sārūpyaṃ kāraṇam iti cet tadeva tarhi sāmānyam iti siddhaṃ, sāmānyaparyāyatvāt sārūpyasya /
If an entity were different from other entities, then why does the identical cognition "entity [is an] entity" occur only in [cases of] jars etc., but not in [cases of] crow's teeth etc.? The reason for this must be explained. If it is claimed that similarity is the reason, then that [similarity] itself is established as the universal, because similarity is synonymous with universal.