ādiśabdena tadāśrayāṇāṃ rūpaghaṭādīnāṃ tadviṣayāṇāṃ ca pratyayānāṃ ca grahaṇam /
By the word 'ādi' [etc.], [we should understand] the substrates of those [universals] such as color, jar, etc., and the cognitions which have those [as their] objects.