athāpi syāt nahyasmābhiḥ sāmānyaviśeṣāṇāṃ parasparamatyantabheda iṣṭaḥ tataś ca bhedādityasiddho hetur ity āha abhede vā vikalāḥ katham iti /
If one might say "we do not accept an absolute mutual difference between universals and particulars, and thus the reason 'due to difference' is unestablished," [the author] responds: "If there is no difference, how [could they be] deficient?"