etābhiś ca pāramparyeṇa yathāyogaṃ svabhāvavyāpakakāraṇānupalabdhayaḥ sūcyanta ityatastrividhāyā mūlaprabhedarūpāyāḥ sarvajñābhāvasiddhiṃ pratyasāmarthyapratipādanāt tacchāstrābhūtānāṃ yatnamantareṇaiva pratipāditaṃ bhavatīti nāsyāṃ pṛthagasāmarthyapratipādanāya yatnaḥ kāryaḥ, nahi mūle chinne śākhānām avasthitir bhavet /
Through these [types of apprehension], the non-apprehension of nature, pervader and cause are indirectly indicated according to their respective correlations. Thus, by showing that the three fundamental forms of non-apprehension are incapable of proving the non-existence of the Omniscient One, it is established without further effort that their derivative forms are [likewise] incapable [of such proof]. Therefore no separate effort need be made to prove the incapacity of these [derivatives]. For when the root is cut, the branches cannot survive.