sātmakatve hi nityatvaṃ taddhetūnāṃ prasajyate / nitvāścārthakriyāśaktā nātaḥ sattvādisambhavaḥ
For if [these things] possessed a Self, then what is caused by that [Self] would necessarily be eternal; and being eternal, they would be incapable of producing effects, hence [their] existence and other [properties] would be impossible.