vaiśeṣikeṇa yadyapi sāṅkhyopanyastapradhānakāraṇajagat sādhanaṃ nirākṛtam, tathāpi hetvantareṇaiva paramāṇukṛtaṃ jagatsādhanīyam, ihāpyevaṃ bhaviṣyatīti //
Even though the Vaiśeṣika has refuted the Sāṅkhya's proof that the world has Pradhāna as its cause, still he must prove through other reasons that the world is produced from atoms; similarly it will be in this case too.