atha kimartham uttaratra evamādi anukramaṇam kriyate na viśeṣaṇam viśeṣyeṇa bahulam iti eva siddham .

bahulavacanasya akṛtsnatvāt uttaratrānukramaṇasāmarthyam .

akṛtsnam bahulavacanam iti uttaratra anukramaṇam kriyate .

yadi akṛtsnam yat anena kṛtam akṛtam tat .

evam tarhi na brūmaḥ akṛtsnam iti .

kṛtsnam ca kārakam ca sādhakam ca nirvartakam ca .

yat ca anena kṛtam suktṛtam tat .

kimartham tarhi evamādi anukramaṇam kriyate .

udāharaṇabhūyastvāt .

te khalu api vidhayaḥ suparigṛhītāḥ bhavanti yeṣu lakṣaṇam prapañcaḥ ca .

kevalam lakṣaṇam kevalaḥ prapañcaḥ vā na tathā kārakam bhavati .

avaśyam khalu asmābhiḥ idam vaktavyam bahulam anyatarasyām ubhayathā vā ekeṣām iti .

sarvavedapāṛiṣadam hi idam śāstram .

tatra na ekaḥ panthāḥ śakyaḥ āsthātum