आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

Original

यथैवाविद्यमानस्य न भेदः पारमार्थिकः ।
अभेदोऽपि तथैवेति तेन पर्यायता भवेत् ॥ १०३० ॥

yathaivāvidyamānasya na bhedaḥ pāramārthikaḥ |
abhedo’pi tathaiveti tena paryāyatā bhavet || 1030 ||

In the case of what does not exist, any difference that may be there cannot be real; so also would be its non-difference; and hence the words would certainly be synonymous.—(1030)

Kamalaśīla

It has been argued (under 925, by Kumārila) that—“Words that are denotative of diverse Universals and those that are denotative of Particulars would all be synonyms”.

This is answered as follows:—[see verse 1030 above]

Apoha, being featureless, has no form; and hence it is said that there is no difference among Apohas; similarly it is said that there is no non-difference among them. Thus there being no really non-different thing, how can the contingency of all words being synonymous be urged against us?—(1030)

This same idea is explained more clearly in the following—[see verse 1031 next]