sarva evāmī yathoktāḥ saṅkhyādayo guṇā na dravyādavyatirekiṇas tasya dravyasya teṣāṃ vyavacchedahetutvāt yo hi yadvyavacchedako nāsau tadavyatirekī yathā daṇḍādir devadattasyeti /
[The Nyāya-Vaiśeṣika says:] "All these aforementioned qualities like number etc. cannot be non-different from substance, because they serve as causes for differentiating that substance; for whatever differentiates something cannot be non-different from it, just as a stick [which differentiates] Devadatta [cannot be non-different from him]."