yadi pāṭhasya tulyatvaṃ bhavet tadā kvacideśādau pāṭhaṃ prati puṃsāṃ vimatiḥ saṃśayo na prāpnoti //
If the reading [of the text] were identical [everywhere], then people could not have differences of opinion [or] doubts regarding the text based on [differences of] place, time, and so forth.