तेन मरको व्याख्यातः ॥ कZ_०८.४.०८ ॥
tena marako vyākhyātaḥ
Sa parehong pangangatwiran, ipinaliliwanag din ang salot/epidemya.
It links ‘maraka’ to the preceding comparative framework (scope, disruption, remediability) without repeating the full argument.