yat punar dharmaviṣayāṃ citrā{ntā---}mapahāya svaparaprasiddhasya sarvajñasya sakalajagadgataḥ sūkṣmādibhedajñatvājñatvasādhanāya sāṅkhyabuddhādibhir grantharacanāyāṃ vāde vā saṃrambhaḥ kriyate sa kevalam eṣāṃ saṃkleśaphala eva /
However, when one abandons [consideration of] the domain of dharma [alone] and makes an eager attempt either in composing treatises or in debate by Sāṃkhyas, Buddhists and others to prove or disprove the knowledge of subtle distinctions etc. in the whole world [claimed] for an omniscient one acknowledged by both sides - that [attempt] results only in affliction for them.