abhāvo nabhastāmarasādi kāraṇaṃ yasya tat tathoktam tadbhāvas tattvam tasmin sati tannabhavastāmarasādijñānaṃ sarvadaiva bhavet utpadyeta nityasannihitavikalakāraṇatvāt /
If [something] has a non-existent thing like a sky-lotus as its cause, then the cognition of such non-existent things like sky-lotus would always arise, because its cause would be eternally present in its incomplete form.