yathā kulālaḥ kumbhādīnāṃ kartā tadupādānaṃ mṛtpiṇḍamupakaraṇāni ca cakrādīni prayojanamudakāharaṇādi kuṭumbinaṃ ca sampradānaṃ jānīta ityetat prasiddham tatheśvaraḥ sakalabhuvanānāṃ kartā sa tadupādānāni paramāṇvādilakṣaṇāni tadupakaraṇāni dharmādharmadikkālādīni vyavahāropakaraṇāni sāmānyaviśeṣasamavāyalakṣaṇāni prayojanamupabhogaṃ sampradānasaṃjñākāṃś ca puruṣān jānīta iti /
Just as it is well-known that a potter, being the maker of jars and such things, knows their material cause (the clay lump), their instruments (the wheel and so forth), their purpose (carrying water and so forth), and their recipient (the householder), similarly God, being the creator of all worlds, knows their material causes (characterized as atoms and so forth), their instruments (dharma, adharma, space, time, and so forth), the auxiliaries to their operation (characterized as universal, particular, and inherence), their purpose (experience), and the recipients designated as the souls.