anyathā kramarūpatvaṃ nityatvād vyāptitaś ca na / nābhivyaktikramaścāsti nityatve vyakyayogataḥ //
If [the Veda were] not [the work of a person], there could be no sequential order [in it] due to [its] eternality and all-pervasiveness; and there can be no sequence of manifestation in what is eternal, due to the impossibility of manifestation.