अथ चेत् सर्वभावानां न विना तत्त्वमेककम् ।
समन्वयोऽस्ति तदिदं कथमैक्यं विभेदितम् ॥१॥
atha cet sarvabhāvānāṃ na vinā tattvamekakam |
samanvayo'sti tadidaṃ kathamaikyaṃ vibheditam
Now if (one asks): the concomitance of all existent things does not (hold) apart from one single reality — that being so, how is this unity (made to appear) differentiated?