prādhānyaṃ kimidaṃ nāma na śaktirasamanvayāt / dravyakriyāguṇātmādi nāta evāvakalpyate //
What indeed is this so-called 'principal character'? It cannot be a potency, due to [its] non-inherence [in other instances]. For the same reason, it cannot be conceived as consisting in the nature of substance, action, quality, etc.