syād etat nīlaśabdo yadyapi jātiguṇaviśeṣavacanaḥ, tathāpi taddvāreṇa nīlaguṇatajjātibhyāṃ sambaddhaṃ dravyam api tenābhidhīyate tathotpalaśabdenāpi jātidvāreṇa tadeva dravyamabhidhīyata iti /
[One might argue that] although the word 'nīla' denotes a specific universal and quality, through these it also denotes the substance connected with the blue quality and its universal, and similarly the word 'utpala' through [its] universal denotes that very same substance.