tatra na tāvad āyaḥ, sambandhasiddheḥ padārthasyākārakatvaprasaṅgāccetyādinā sarvapadārthānām avyatiriktaiva śaktir iva bahuśaḥ pratipāditatvāt
The first [alternative] is not [acceptable], because it has been established many times that the capacity of all things is non-different [from them], due to [arguments about] the impossibility of establishing a connection and the consequent non-agency of entities.