aparidṛṣṭasāmarthyasya tu sāmānyasya kāraṇatvopakalpane 'tiprasaṅgaḥ syāt tad api kalpayitvā param apy adṛṣṭasāmarthyena tulyatvāt kim iti na kalpyeta //
But if we were to assume causality for the universal whose capacity has not been observed, an absurd consequence would follow - for after assuming that [universal as cause], why couldn't another [cause] also be assumed, since it would be equal in having unobserved capacity?