syād etat yathā bījādayo 'ṅkurādijananasvabhāvāḥ santo 'pi na kevalā janayanti salilādikāraṇāntarāpekṣatvāt tadvadbhāvo 'naśvarasvabhāvo 'pi nāśekāraṇāntarāpekṣo bhaviṣyatīti /
[One might argue that] "just as seeds and similar things, though having the nature of producing sprouts etc., do not produce [them] by themselves alone due to dependence on other causes like water etc., similarly, even a thing with an imperishable nature might depend on other causes for [its] destruction."