kim punaḥ pūrvasya yat ātmanepadadarśanam tat sanantasya api atidiśyate .

evam bhavitum arhati .

pūrvasya ātmanepadadarśanāt sanantāt ātmanepadabhāvaḥ iti cet gupādiṣu aprasiddhiḥ .

pūrvasya ātmanepadadarśanāt sanantāt ātmanepadabhāvaḥ iti cet gupādiṣu aprasiddhiḥ .

gupādīnām na prāpnoti .

jugupsate mīmāṃsate iti .

na hi etebhyaḥ prāk sanaḥ ātmanepadam na api parasmaipadam paśyāmaḥ .

siddham tu pūrvasya liṅgātideśāt .

siddham etat .

katham .

pūrvasya yat ātmanepadaliṅgam tat sanantasya api atidiśyate .

kṛñādiṣu tu liṅgapratiṣedhaḥ .

kṛñādiṣu tu liṅgapratiṣedhaḥ vaktavyaḥ .

anucikīrṣati parācikīrṣati iti .

astu tarhi prāk sanaḥ yebhyaḥ ātmanepadam dṛṣṭam tebhyaḥ sanantebhyaḥ api bahvati iti .

nanu ca uktam pūrvasya ātmanepadadarśanāt sanantāt ātmanepadabhāvaḥ iti cet gupādiṣu aprasiddhiḥ iti .

na eṣaḥ doṣaḥ .

anubandhakaraṇasāmarthyāt bhaviṣyati .

atha vā avayave kṛtam liṅgam samudāyasya viśeṣakam bhavati .

tat yathā goḥ sakthani karṇe vā kṛtam liṅgam samudāyasya viśeṣakam bhavati .

yadi avayave kṛtam liṅgam samudāyasya viśeṣakam bhavati jugupsayati mīmāṃsāyati iti atra api prāpnoti .

na eṣaḥ doṣaḥ .

avayave kṛtam liṅgam kasya samudāyasya viśeṣakam bhavati .

yam samudāyam yaḥ avayavaḥ na vyabhicarati .

sanam ca na vyabhicarati .

ṇicam punaḥ vyabhicarati .

tat yathā goḥ sakthani karṇe vā kṛtam liṅgam goḥ eva viśeṣakam bhavati na gomaṇḍalasya .