yadi hi vijātīyāt padārthād vyāvṛttaṃ vastu na syāt tadā na tat pratibimbātmakaṃ tathā vijātīyaparāvṛttavastvātmanā vyavasīyeta, tasmad arthāntaraparāvṛtter hetubhāvaḥ karaṇabhāvaś ca yujyata iti bhāvaḥ //
For if the object were not excluded from unlike things, then in the form of [its] reflection it could not be determined as having the nature of an object excluded from unlike things; therefore the exclusion from other things is properly both a cause and an instrument - this is the meaning.