notpattipāratantryeṇa pratibaddhaṃ hi tāsvidam / na jñānapāratantryaṃ ca nityatvāt kevalāgrahāt //
The universal cannot be dependent on particulars through [its] origination, nor can it be dependent on [them] for [its] cognition, because it is eternal and because it is apprehended purely by itself.