आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

Original

यद्येवमाज्यनीवारचामीकरजटादयः ।
अनित्याः कथमुच्यन्ते तेन नित्यात्मना सता ॥ ३५२३ ॥

yadyevamājyanīvāracāmīkarajaṭādayaḥ |
anityāḥ kathamucyante tena nityātmanā satā || 3523 ||

If that be so, then how are all such things as clarified butter, nivāra-corn and fire, which are not-eternal,—spoken of in the Veda, which is eternal?—(3523)

Kamalaśīla

‘Ājya’ is Clarified Butter;—Nīvāra is a particular kind of Corn;—Cāmīkarajāta’ is Fire.—‘Tena’—by the Veda.—(3523)

The following texts anticipate and answer the Opponent’s rejoinder:—[see verses 3524-3525 next]