śaktakāraṇasadbhāvād viṣayasyāpyadūṣaṇāt / taddūṣaṇe tvabhāvena viparyāsaḥ prasajyate //
Due to the presence of [its] efficient cause and the non-refutation of [its] object; but if there were refutation of that [self], [its] non-existence would entail a contradiction.