kiṃ ca yadi bhāvānāṃ vināśaṃ prati svahetuvyatirekeṇānyatsantānāntaraṃ kāraṇaṃ neṣyate tadānalādayaḥ śītādīnāṃ kathaṃ virodhino bhaveyuḥ nahyakiñcitkaro virodhī yukto 'tiprasaṅgāpatteḥ evaṃ hi sarvaḥ sarvasya virodhī prasajyeta /
Furthermore, if for the destruction of things no cause other than their own cause is accepted in the form of another series, then how could fire etc. be destroyers of cold etc.? For what produces no effect cannot logically be a destroyer, as [this would lead to] an absurd consequence - namely that everything would be the destroyer of everything else.