te tasya svātmabhūtā eva nārthāntarabhūtās tadvyatirekeṇa cāpareṣām ekadeśānām abhāvādato nāniṣṭhā bhaviṣyatītyāśaṅkyāha naiko veti /
"Those [parts] are indeed its own self-nature, not different things, and apart from that [whole] there cannot be other parts" - [anticipating] this objection, [the author] states "it would not be one."