atha vyatiriktā śaktir abhyupagamyate tadā kāryeṣu śakter evopayogād bhāvasyākārakatvaṃ prāpnoti tataścāvastutva prasaṅgaḥ
If potency is accepted as something different [from the entity], then due to potency alone being useful in [producing] effects, the entity would become a non-agent, and consequently the unwanted result of [its] non-existence would follow.