tathā hi yadi dehāt sakṛdutpannā satī manodhīḥ paścāt sajātisamudbhavā syāt tadottarakālaṃ sarvadaiva pūrvapūrvamanovijñānasamudbhavaiva syāt navijātīyacakṣurādivijñānasamudbhavā na hi dhūmo 'gneḥ sakṛdbhūya paścād anyato vijātīyād udbhavati /
For instance, if Mental Cognition, having once arisen from the body, were subsequently to arise from [things] of the same kind, then afterwards it would always arise only from preceding mental cognitions, and never from heterogeneous cognitions [arising] from the eyes and other [sense organs] - just as smoke, having once arisen from fire, never afterwards arises from anything heterogeneous.