athāsamarthaṃ tadā na kadāpi janayet nahi tasya tadrūpaṃ samartham asamarthaṃvā tat kvacidanyathākartumīśate nityatvahāniprasaṅgāt /
And if it were incapable [of producing cognition], then it could never produce it at all; for its nature, whether capable or incapable, cannot be altered in any way, as [this would result in] the loss of its permanence.