atas tayor ekārthavṛttisambhavāt sāmānādhikaraṇyaṃ bhaviṣyati, na bakulotpalaśabdayor ityata āha guṇatajjātītyādi / guṇatajjātisambaddhaṃ dravyaṃ cet pratipādyate / nīlaśabdena yadyevaṃ vyarthā syād utpalaśrutiḥ //
Therefore, since their application to one object is possible, there would be co-ordination, unlike with the words 'bakula' and 'utpala'. To this [the opponent] says: "If the substance connected with the quality and its universal is expressed by the word 'nīla', then the utterance of 'utpala' would be redundant."