nāsiddho hetur nāpyanaikāntikaḥ / viruddhadharmādhyāsamātranibandhano hi bhāvānāṃ parasparato bhedaḥ, yathā stambhādīnāṃ sacāvayavāvayavinorapyasti /
This reason [can] neither be [called] 'unproven' nor 'inconclusive'. Indeed, the difference between things is based merely on the presence of contradictory properties, just as [is found] between pillars and such things, and likewise exists between the composite whole and [its] parts.