vaiṣamyasamabhāvo 'yaṃ pravibhakto yadīṣyate / sāmānyasya viśiṣṭatvaṃ tadavasthaṃ viśeṣataḥ //
If this [relation of] similarity and dissimilarity is accepted as differentiated, then the distinctness of the universal from the particulars remains just as before.