yadyevam ityādinottaram āha nahyasmābhiḥ śṛṅgagrāhikayāyam asau sarvajña ityevaṃ sādhayitum iṣṭaḥ, kiṃtu sāmānyena
[The author] gives this answer beginning with "if this is so": we do not wish to prove "this particular one is omniscient" by pointing fingers, but [only] in general