tathāhyatra caitro 'kuṇḍalīnyanena na kuṇḍalaṃ pratiṣidhyate tasya deśakālabhedena sattvādhyāsitamūrteḥ pratiṣeddhumaśakyatvāt
For here, by [the expression] "Caitra is without earrings," the earring is not denied, because being a substantial entity assumed to exist in different places and times, it cannot be [completely] denied.