yadyevaṃ nityadahanātmakaḥ kṛśānur na bhavati; kathaṃ tarhyupanītamapyarthaṃ dahed ity āha dāhyārthasannidhāv ityādi /
If thus fire is not eternally of the nature of burning, how then would it burn even an object that is presented [to it]? To [answer] this, [the author] states [the verse beginning with] "dāhyārthasannidhāv" etc.