ye 'pi buddhiśabdādayo 'napekṣatvena prasiddhās te 'pi yadi nāma mudgrādikaṃ nāpekṣante tathāpi deśakālāvapekṣanta ityato 'siddhatā hetor ityāśaṅkhya pariharann āha sarvatraivetyādi /
[Anticipating the objection that] even those things which are known to be independent, like cognition and sound, though they may not depend on [things] like hammers, still depend on time and place, and thus the reason is unestablished - [the author] gives an answer beginning with "sarvatraiva."