tathā hi nibandhanaṃ bhavat sambandhasya tadvyaṅgyatvaṃ vā sāmānyasya bhavet tajjanyatā, vā tadgrahaṇāpekṣagrahaṇatā vā /
For if there were to be a basis for such connection, it would have to be either [a] the Universal's being manifested by them [the Particulars], or [b] its being produced by them, or [c] its cognition being dependent upon their cognition.