kasya ayam pratiṣedhaḥ .

āmaḥ ekāntare aikaśrutyapratiṣedhaḥ .

āmaḥ ekāntare aikaśrutyasya ayam pratiṣedhaḥ .

katham punaḥ aprakṛtasya asaṃśabditasya aikaśrutyasya pratiṣedhaḥ śakyaḥ vijñātum .

anantike iti ucyate .

anantikam ca kim .

dūram .

dūrāt sambuddhau ekaśrutiḥ ucyate .

asti prayojanam etat .

kim tarhi iti .

nighātaprasaṅgaḥ tu .

nighātaḥ tu prāpnoti .

ām bhoḥ devadatta3 .

āmantritasya anudāttatvam prāpnoti .

siddham tu pratiṣedhādhikāre pratiṣedhavacanāt .

siddham etat .

katham .

pratiṣedhādhikāre pratiṣedhavacanasāmarthyāt nighātaḥ na bhaviṣyati .

na eva vā punaḥ atra aikaśrutyam prāpnoti .

kim kāraṇam .

anantike iti ucyate anyat ca dūram anyat anantikam .

yadi evam plutaḥ api tarhi na prāpnoti plutaḥ api hi dūrāt iti ucyate .

iṣṭam eva etat saṅgṛhītam .

ām bhoḥ devadatta iti eva bhavitavyam