śruter api tathā na kimiti / vedasyāpi tathaiva sārthakatvavibhaktārthatvābhyāṃ kiṃ na kartānumīyate viśeṣābhāvāt /
"Why not likewise for the śruti?" means: why is the author of the Veda not similarly inferred from [its] being meaningful and having inflectional meaning, since there is no difference [between these cases]?