svabhāvābheda ityādinā pratividhatte svabhāvābheda ekatvaṃ tasmin sati ca bhinnatā kathañcidapi duḥsādhyā paryāyātmasvarūpavat
[The author] responds with "[regarding] non-difference of nature" etc.: Non-difference of nature [means] identity, and if this [identity] exists, then difference would be impossible to establish in any way, just as [in the case of] the essential nature of modes themselves.