tameva digbhāgabhedaṃ bhūdarādyupacayānyathānupapattyā paramāṇūnāṃ prasaṃjayannekatvaniṣedhaṃ tāvad āha saṃyuktaṃ dūradeśastham ityādi /
[The text] proceeds to negate [their] unity by attributing this very differentiation of directional parts to atoms, since the composite forms like mountains would otherwise be impossible, [beginning with the words] "connected" [and] "situated in a distant place."