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0.2 nanu yady upaplavas tattvānāṃ kim āyāthātas tattvaṃ vyākhyāsyāmaḥ / pṛthivy āpas tejo vāyur iti tattvāni / tatsamudāye śarīrendriyaviṣayasañjñetyādi / nānyārthatvāt / kimartham? pratibimbanārtham / kiṃ punar atra pratibimbyate? pṛthivyādīni tattvāni loke prasiddhāni / tānyapi vicāryamāṇāni na vyavatiṣṭhante / kiṃ punar anyāni?

Now, if there is the upsetting of principles, why [the statement]: "Now, therefore, we shall explain the principles: earth, water, fire, and wind are the principles; upon their combination arises the designation 'body', 'sense organ', and 'object'", and so forth? Not so, because its purpose is different. For what purpose? For the purpose of reflecting [worldly opinion]. What, then, is reflected here? Earth and the other principles well known in the world. Even they, when critically examined, do not hold up; what to say of others?