16 tato heto rvayaṁ na klāmyāmaḥ kintu bāhyapuruṣo yadyapi kṣīyate tathāpyāntarikaḥ puruṣo dine dine nūtanāyate|
17 kṣaṇamātrasthāyi yadetat laghiṣṭhaṁ duḥkhaṁ tad atibāhulyenāsmākam anantakālasthāyi gariṣṭhasukhaṁ sādhayati,
18 yato vayaṁ pratyakṣān viṣayān anuddiśyāpratyakṣān uddiśāmaḥ| yato hetoḥ pratyakṣaviṣayāḥ kṣaṇamātrasthāyinaḥ kintvapratyakṣā anantakālasthāyinaḥ|