syād etat mābhūt paryāyatvam eṣām, arthabhedasya parikalpitatvāt sāmānyaviśeṣavācitvavyavasthā tu vinā sāmānyaviśeṣābhyāṃ katham eṣāṃ siddhyatītyata āha bahvalpetyādi /
[One might object:] "Let it be that these [words] are not synonymous because of the assumed difference in meaning, but how can their status as denoting universals and particulars be established without [the existence of] universals and particulars?"