atrocyate arthāntaravyavacchinnarūpeṇāgrahaṇaṃ yadi vivakṣitādarthādyadarthāntaraṃ, tato vyavacchinnam tatrāvidyamānaṃ vivakṣitārthastham rūpaṃsvabhāvaḥ , tena viśiṣṭasya yadi tasyārthasyāgrahaṇam iṣyate, tadā tadarthamātragraho vā syāt yat tadarthamātram arthāntarāsambhavi svabhāvarahitaṃ tasyaiva grahaṇaṃ syāt /
To this it is said: If there is non-apprehension through a form distinguished from other objects—that is, [distinguished] from what is other than the intended object, [and if there is] the form or nature residing in the intended object which is not present in the other—if non-apprehension of that object as qualified by that [form] is maintained, then either there would be apprehension of the mere object, i.e., apprehension of that very [object] devoid of the nature impossible in other objects.