natvevaṃ kiñcit paramāṇvādiṣu nibandhanam asti, yenaiṣāṃ paropādhikaṃ vailakṣaṇyaṃ bhavet tathā, nityatvād evājanmato 'nutpatteḥ /
But there is no such basis in [the case of] atoms and other [eternal substances] by which such an externally conditioned distinctiveness could arise in them, because due to their eternality they cannot originate [with new properties].