Nyāya Sūtras 98.4

98.4

yathā gṛhyamāṇajātīnāṃ palāśa iti vā khadira iti vā nārāj jātigrahaṇaṃ bhavati/ yathā gṛhyamāṇapraspandānāṃ nārāt spandagrahaṇam, gṛhyamāṇe cārthajāte pṛthaktvasyāgrahaṇād ekam iti bhāktaḥ pratyayo bhavati, na tv aṇūnāṃ gṛhyamāṇapṛthaktvānāṃ kāraṇataḥ pṛthaktvasyāgrahaṇād bhākta ekapratyayaḥ, atīndriyatvād aṇūnām iti/

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just as for [trees] whose universals can be apprehended, such as 'palāśa' or 'khadira', the universal is not apprehended from afar; just as for [objects] whose movement can be apprehended, movement is not apprehended from afar; and when a collection of objects is apprehended, the cognition 'one' arises figuratively because of the non-apprehension of distinctness; but in the case of atoms, whose distinctness is never apprehended, a figurative cognition of unity does not arise from a cause [such as distance] resulting in non-apprehension of distinctness, because atoms are beyond the senses.