अथोच्यते प्रकिर्यासौ सांख्यादिरचिता न सा ।
तत्त्वोन्मेषप्रसरणे भवेत्संबन्धभागिनी ॥१८॥
athocyate prakiryāsau sāṃkhyādiracitā na sā |
tattvonmeṣaprasaraṇe bhavetsaṃbandhabhāginī
— now (if); — it is said; — the process (of manifestation); — this; — fabricated by Sāṃkhya and the rest; — is not that; — in the unfolding-forth of the opening-up of the principles; — it would be; — sharing in connection (with reality)
Now if it be urged: 'This process (of manifestation by the Word) is not that fabricated by Sāṃkhya and the rest; in the unfolding-forth of the principles it would (genuinely) share in connection (with reality)' —