prakṛtyaivāsatyapi sādṛśyākhye vastuni kecid gavayāvayavā gogatair avayavaiḥ saha tulyapratyavamarśavikalpahetavaḥ, na sādṛśyaṃ nāmārthāntaramanyatra tulyapratyavamarśahetubhyo 'vayavebhyaḥ, te 'bhyo 'rthāntarasya buddhāvapratibhāsanāt /
By its very nature, even though there is no entity called "similarity," certain parts of the gavaya together with the parts belonging to the cow are causes of similar reflective cognitions; similarity is not a separate entity apart from those parts which cause similar reflective cognitions, because nothing separate from these [parts] appears in consciousness.