udyotakarastvāha āśrayāśritadharmanirdeśamātram etat, avayavyavayaveṣu pravartata, iti āśritabhāvalakṣaṇā hi samavāyarūpā prāptirucyata iti tatrāha samavāyātmiketyādi
Udyotakara has said: "This is merely a statement about the substratum and the subsistent - [namely that] the composite operates in the components - for what is called 'inherence' is a presence characterized by the state of being subsistent, which is of the nature of inherence."