nanu caikaṃ mṛtpiṇḍakanakādi kāraṇaṃ teṣāṃ siddham eva tathā mṛtsuvarṇatvādijātiścaiṣām eṣānugāminī dṛṣṭā tat katham ubhayavaikalyam ity āha mṛtpiṇḍāder vibhedata iti /
[One might object:] "But indeed, a single cause like a lump of clay or gold for these [effects] is certainly established, and likewise their generic character of clayness, goldness, etc. is seen to inhere in them, so how [can you claim] the absence of both?" [To this he] says: "because of the diversity of lumps of clay and such things."