ततश्च शिवधर्मादेर्वेदादेरकृतार्थता ।
निमित्तसमवाययादिकारणेषु समानता ॥२९॥
tataśca śivadharmādervedāderakṛtārthatā |
nimittasamavāyayādikāraṇeṣu samānatā
(Objection:) And from that, the Śivadharma scriptures, the Veda, and the rest become futile; and among the (kinds of) causes — efficient, inherent, and so on — all distinction collapses.