pradhānahetvabhāve 'pi tataḥ sarvaṃ prakalpate / śakter bhedena vaicitryaṃ kāryakāraṇatādikaṃ // tatra yattāvaduktaṃ parimāṇācchaktitaḥ pravṛtteḥ kāryakāraṇabhāvāccāsti pradhānam iti / ete trayo 'pi hetavo 'naikāntikāḥ sādhyaviparyaye /
[Regarding the claim that] "Pradhāna exists because of [things having] finite measure, because activity [proceeds] from power, and because of the relation between cause and effect" - these three reasons are all inconclusive with respect to the opposite of what is to be proved.