nanu sādhanābhidhāṃ sahakāriṇīmapekṣya teṣām īśvaro janako bhaviṣyati na kevalas tenāsau viphalā na bhaviṣyatītyata āha nityatvād ityādi /
[One might object:] "God would be the producer of these [notions] depending on the statement of proofs as an auxiliary cause, not [operating] alone; therefore this [statement] would not be useless." [To this he] responds [with the words] "Because of [His] eternality" etc.