arthakriyākāritvameṣāmudayavyayadharmitva eva sati yujyata ityanumānato 'pyeṣāmarthakriyākāriṇāṃ satvaliṅgānnairātmyaṃ prasiddham //
Their capacity for fruitful action is possible only when they possess the nature of arising and perishing; thus through inference also, their being without a Self [nairātmya] is established from the mark of [their] existence, [namely that] they are capable of fruitful action.