tasya pariṇāmasya pratikṣepaḥ pratiṣedhaḥ sa eva tanmātraṃ tadevātmā svabhāvo yasyāpariṇāmasya sa tathoktaḥ /
[The compound] "tatpratikṣepamātrātmā" [means]: "tat" is modification; "pratikṣepa" is denial or absence; "mātra" [means] only; that which has this mere absence of modification as its essence is thus described.