nanu bahir-hetavaḥ para-sambandhagā upamā tadīya-janādayaḥ |
antar-hetavaś cānuṣaṅgika-tac-chravaṇādayaḥ |
sa eva bahir-hetv-anapekṣīty ukte antar-hetum apekṣata iti labhyate |
satyam asya nisarga-rūpe’ntar-hetv-ābhāsasyāpekṣā kvacit syād eva ity ata āha—tad udbodhasyeti |
tadīyodbodhasya hetur api tasyāpi hetur ity arthaḥ |
sudṛḍhābhyāsa-janya iti |
sudṛḍhābhyāso’pi nitya-siddha eva jñeyaḥ |
taj-janya-saṁskāro’pi pravāha-paramparayaiva |
tathā sa ca līlā-śakti-dvāraiva śrī-kṛṣṇa-rūpa-guṇa-śravaṇam upasthāpayatīti |
nāma-mātreṇaiva hetor hetutety arthaḥ |
ata eva manāg iti pada-prayogaḥ ||