nanu yadi paramārthato vastunaḥ sambandho nāstītyuktam, kāryakāraṇatālakṣaṇas tarhi kathaṃ bhavatītyāha kāryakāraṇabhūtābhyām ityādi /
[Someone might object:] "If, as stated, there is no real relationship with the object, then how does the causal relationship come about?" [To this we reply with the discussion of] the nature of cause and effect.