sutākhyakāryadṛṣṭyā ceddhetos tasyāstitāgatiḥ / tadabhāve 'pi tat kāryaṃ nanu kasyāñcidīkṣate //
If [you say] that "the existence of that cause is known through seeing the effect named 'son'", [then we reply that] indeed, in some cases that effect is seen even in the absence of that [cause].