yadi hi tasya sahakāribhiḥ kaścid upakāribhiḥ kaścid upakāraḥ kartavyo bhavet tadā tasya sahakāriṇi vyapekṣā yāvatā nityatvāt parairanādheyātiśayasya na kiñcit tasya sahakāribhyaḥ prāptavyam astīti kimiti tāṃstathābhūtananupakāriṇaḥ sahakāriṇo 'pekṣeta /
For if there were some assistance that had to be rendered to Him by auxiliaries, then alone would He have dependence on auxiliaries; [but] since He is eternal and no excellence can be added to Him by others, there is nothing that He needs to obtain from auxiliaries - so why would He depend on such auxiliaries that are of no help?