nanu nirākṛte 'pi tat sādhane vedasya nityatvaṃ vidhirūpaṃ yatnāntareṇa sādhanīyam, tat katham asādhayanto vedasya nityatvaṃ kṛtārthā bhaveyur vedavida ity āha
[One might object:] "Even when that proof has been refuted, the eternality of the Veda as a positive entity must be established through another effort, so how can the knowers of the Veda be satisfied without establishing the Veda's eternality?" Thus [the author] says: