kiṃ ca yadi prathamakāla eva manomater upādānakāraṇaṃ deho nottarakālaṃ tadā dehanirapekṣā sā kiṃ na pravarteta nahyanupakāriṇi dehe tasyāḥ kācid apekṣā yuktā /
Moreover, if the body is the material cause of Mental Cognition only at the initial stage and not at later stages, then why would it [Mental Cognition] not proceed independently of the body? For it is not reasonable that it should have any dependence on the body which provides no assistance [to it].