tathā hi yadi yugapad aśeṣajñānānyutpādyottarakālaṃ tato jñānotpādanaśakteḥ parihīyate vedas tadā śakter ātmabhūtāyāḥ parikṣayāt kṣayī prāpnoti /
For if the Veda, after producing all cognitions simultaneously, then loses its power to produce cognitions, it would become perishable due to the exhaustion of [its] inherent power.