api ca sa vyāpārātmā padārthastasmād vyāpāravato bhāvād arthāntarabhūto vā syād anarthāntarabhūto vā, vastusataḥ prakārāntarābhāvāt, ubhayānubhayavikalpasyāsambhava eva /
Furthermore, that entity which is of the nature of operation must either be different from the thing possessing the operation or non-different from it, since [for real entities] no other alternative exists, and the possibilities of [it being] both [different and non-different] or neither are impossible.