asvabhāvatve vā doṣāṇāṃ kṣayopāyāsambhavannivartate na hy upāyavikalasyopeyasamprāptir asti /
Or if the defects are not inherent in [beings'], nature, one desists [from effort] because there are no means of destroying [them], for there can be no attainment of the goal without means.