Nyāya Sūtras 98.3

98.3

yathā senāṅgeṣu vanāṅgeṣu ca dūrād agṛhyamāṇapṛthaktveṣv ekam idam ity upapadyate buddhiḥ evam aṇuṣu sañciteṣv agṛhyamāṇapṛthaktveṣv ekam idam ity upapadyate buddhir iti/ yathā gṛhyamāṇapṛthaktvānāṃ senāvanāṅgānām ārāt kāraṇāntarataḥ pṛthaktvasyāgrahaṇam,

[Opponent:] Just as with respect to the components of an army and the components of a forest, whose distinctness is not apprehended from a distance, the cognition 'This is one' arises, so too with respect to aggregated atoms, whose distinctness is not apprehended, the cognition 'This is one' arises. [Answer:] Just as in the case of the components of an army or a forest whose distinctness can be apprehended, the non-apprehension of their distinctness from afar is due to another cause,