syād etat yadi nāma bāhyānāṃ bhāvānāṃ kāraṇānupalabdher ahetutvaṃ siddham ādhyātmikānāṃ tu kathaṃ siddham ity āha yathaivetyādi /
This might be objected: "Even if the causelessness of external things is proven due to non-perception of [their] cause, how is it proven for internal things?" - [to this] he says "yathaiva" etc.