syād etat nānityasyārthapratipādanahetutvaṃ dṛṣṭam, na ca yuktam iti pūrvaṃ pratipāditamato 'sāmarthyān nityaṃ sidhyatīti /
[One] might say this: "No non-eternal thing has been observed to be a cause for the comprehension of meaning, nor is it logically possible, as was explained before. Therefore, due to [this] incapability [of the non-eternal], the eternal [nature of the Connection] is established."