Vaisesika Sūtra 1.1.8

सदनित्यं द्रव्यवत् कार्यं कारणं सामान्यविशेषवदिति द्रव्यगुणकर्मणामविशेषः ॥८॥

sad-anityaṁ dravyavat kāryaṁ kāraṇaṁ sāmānya-viśeṣa-vad iti dravya-guṇa-karmaṇām aviśeṣaḥ ॥8॥

[सत् (sat) - existent; अनित्यम् (anityam) - non-eternal; द्रव्यवत् (dravyavat) - like a substance; कार्यम् (kāryam) - an effect; कारणम् (kāraṇam) - a cause; सामान्य-विशेषवत् (sāmānya-viśeṣavat) - possessing generality and particularity; इति (iti) - thus; द्रव्य-गुण-कर्मणाम् (dravya-guṇa-karmaṇām) - of substance, quality, and action; अविशेषः (aviśeṣaḥ) - non-distinction (shared characteristics);]

The existent, though non-eternal, is like substance—being effect and cause, and possessing generality and particularity; thus, there is non-distinction among substance, quality, and action.

The substances because of cause and effect manifest into being (sat) and non-being (anitya), and are classified as generality (sāmānya) and particularity (viśēṣa). Thus the substance, qualities and actions are present without particularity.