tacchaktiniyatatvāccedaprāptāvapi tat samam // prāptipakṣe 'pi tulyaḥ prasaṅgaḥ, kasmāt sāyaskāntaprabhā sarvaṃ prāptaṃ kāṣṭhādikaṃ nākarṣatīti /
If [you say] it is because of the restriction of its power, [then] this [applies] equally even in the case of non-contact. The same contingency [applies] even in the case of contact: why does that magnetic light not attract all contacted things like wood etc.?