prayogaḥ yadekānekasvabhāvarahitaṃ tadasadvyavahārayogyam, yathā viyadabjam, ekānekasvabhāvarahitāś ca parābhimatāḥ paramāṇava iti svabhāvahetuḥ /
[The formal] argument: Whatever is devoid of the nature of being either one or many is fit to be treated as non-existent, like a sky-lotus; and the atoms postulated by others are devoid of the nature of being either one or many - [this is] a reason based on [essential] nature.