tatra kecid āhuḥ parasparaṃ saṃyujyante paramāṇava iti sāntarā eva nityaṃ naspṛśantītyapare nirantaratve tu spṛṣṭasaṃjñetyanye tatraitasmin pakṣatraye 'pi madhyavartinaḥ paramāṇor bahubhiḥ parivāritasya yadi digbhāgabhedo na syāt
Here some say that atoms are mutually conjoined; others [say] that they always remain with intervals [between them], never touching; yet others [say] that when there is no interval they are called "in contact." Even under these three positions, if there were no differentiation of directional parts for a central atom surrounded by many [atoms]...