evaṃ tāvad aṇūnāṃ pratyakṣato nāpyanumānasiddhir iti na bāhyārthāpahnavepratyakṣavirodhaḥ pratijñāyāḥ /
Thus far [we have shown that] atoms are established neither by perception nor by inference; therefore our proposition denying external objects does not contradict perception.