nityā tāvat svarūpeṇa tat kṛtāto matiḥ kutaḥ // nahi śīryata ityuktaḥ puruṣaś ca śrutāvalam / purastasyoditā bādhā suvyaktā tadasiddhatā //
Since [the Veda] is eternal by its very nature, how can there be any cognition produced by it? Indeed, it has been stated repeatedly in the śruti that "the Puruṣa does not perish"; [but] the refutation of this has been stated before, [and thus] its inadmissibility is quite evident.