तत्सम्बन्धादथोच्येत सम्बन्धे द्विष्ठता नच ।
द्विनिष्ठत्वादेकतरग्रहणान्नापि तद्ग्रहः ॥८७॥
tatsambandhādathocyeta sambandhe dviṣṭhatā naca |
dviniṣṭhatvādekataragrahaṇānnāpi tadgrahaḥ
Or if it be said (the inference proceeds) from the relation between them — (but) a relation, resting in two (terms), (cannot be grasped while only one term is present); and since it rests in two, from the grasping of (only) one of them there can be no grasping of that (relation) either.