US-P01.010ab ।US-P01.010cd ॥
In plain words
But surely — knowledge bears its fruit unfailingly, and needs nothing else at all. No, comes the reply: look at the Agniṣṭoma rite, which, even with its result guaranteed, still depends on a whole array of other things.
Close to the Sanskrit
Objection: knowledge, whose fruit is certain, does not require anything else whatever. Reply: no — just as the Agniṣṭoma, even though its effect is fixed, does require something else.