nanvevam api sādhyavikalo dṛṣṭāntaḥ teṣām api jaḍapratyayānām īśvarasya nimittakāraṇatveneṣṭatvādityata āha teṣām apītyādi /
[Objection:] "Even so, the corroborative instance would lack the property to be proved, since these notions of foolish persons are also accepted as having Īśvara as their efficient cause." To this [the author] responds with "If these also" etc.