athavā ye sthirāśrayavartinaḥ sakṛc ca yathākathañcid āhitaviśeṣāḥ santo 'sati virodhipratyaye tadbhāvāyā punar yatnāpekṣiṇaḥ, te saṃskārotkarṣabhedena sambhavat prakarṣaparyantavṛttayaḥ.
Or, those [qualities] which subsist in a permanent substrate and have once somehow acquired some distinction, when there is no opposing force, do not require further effort for their existence, [and] through excellence of cultivation they can reach the ultimate state of perfection, as in the case of the purification of gold and such things.