api tu yathā pṛthivyādīnāṃ mahābhūtānāṃ svabhāva eva sa tādṛśo yatsvakāryeṣu pravṛttiḥ tatheśvarasyāpīti /
but rather, just as the nature of the great elements like earth and others is such that they operate towards their own effects, so too is it with the Lord."