ghaṭādāvapi tulyaḥ prasaṅgaḥ, tathā hi yo ghaṭo 'rthakriyāsamartho dṛṣṭo nāsau kartuṃ śakyaḥ, tasya niṣpannavinaṣṭatvāt / yaścādhunā kriyate nāsāvarthakriyāsamartho dṛṣṭas tasyāniṣpannatvāt /
The same consequence applies to jars and other [things], for the jar that was seen to be capable of performing its function cannot be made [again], because it perished as soon as it was produced; and the [jar] that is made now has not been seen to be capable of performing its function, because it has not yet been produced.