aviddhakarṇastvaṇūnāṃ nityatvaprasādhanāya pramāṇam āha paramāṇūnām utpādakābhimataṃ saddharmopagataṃ na bhavati /
Aviddhakarṇa puts forward the following proof for the permanence of atoms: "What is assumed to be the producer of atoms cannot be endowed with the property of existence [saddharma]..."