smṛtyanavakāśadoṣaprasaṅga iti cennānyasmṛtyanavakāśadoṣaprasaṅgāt ||
Universal Translation
If it be argued that there results the defect of leaving no room for certain Smritis (like Kapila's Sankhya), we reply no, because by adopting that, room would be denied to other Smritis (like Manu and Gita).
racanānupapatteśca nānumānam ||
Universal Translation
And on account of the impossibility of the design and order of the universe, the inferred entity (insentient Pradhana) cannot be the cause.
Physical matter is reduced to ultimate, indivisible particles called Paramanus (atoms), which are spherical (Parimandala) and without parts. Two Paramanus combine to form a Dyanuka (diatomic molecule), three Dyanukas form a Tryanuka (triatomic compound possessing macroscopic length and visible substance).
tadananyatvamārambhaṇaśabdādibhyaḥ ||
Universal Translation
The non-difference of effect (the world) from the cause (Brahman) is established from words like 'originating from speech' and others.
jño'ta eva ||
Universal Translation
For this very reason (of non-difference from Brahman), the individual soul (Jiva) is essentially an eternal knower / consciousness.
aṁśo nānāvyapadeśāt ||
Universal Translation
The individual soul is a part/spark of the Supreme Lord, because of the declarations of difference as well as non-difference in scripture.
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