yadi hyarthakriyāsamarthapadārthātmakamātmatattvameṣāmastyeva tadā te 'rthakriyāsamarthāḥ padārthā eva bhedāntarapratikṣepamātrajijñāsāyāṃ teṣāmastitvamityevaṃ yadi vyatirekavibhaktyā vyapadiśyeraṃs tadā ko virodhaḥ /
If these [things] indeed have their essential nature as entities capable of effective action, and if they are designated by case endings expressing difference merely to address the question about rejection of other differences—as in [the expression] "the existence of these"—then what contradiction [is there]?