atha śaktirūpeṇa / tathāpi yattachaktirūpaṃ dadhyādeḥ kāryarūpādupalabdhilakṣaṇaprāptādanyat āhosvit tadeva / yadi tadeva tadā pūrvavadupalabdhiprasaṅgaḥ // anyaccetkatham anyasya bhāve 'bhaktyānyaducyate /
Or [do you mean it exists] in the form of potency? Then is this potency-form different from the effect-form of curd etc. which is available for perception, or is it the same? If it is the same, then as before, it would follow that it would be perceived. If it is different, how can the existence of one thing be spoken of as [the existence of] another except metaphorically?