kasmāt punar nityatve satyarthavādatvamāpadyata ity āha āgamasya cetyādi / āgamasya ca nityatve si{ddhe ta}tkalpanā vṛthā /
"[Someone] asks: 'Why again, if it is eternal, must it have the nature of arthavāda?' [and he] states 'and of scripture' etc. [meaning] 'When the eternality of scripture is established, that assumption is futile.'"