athavā ye pratipakṣasannidhāvapacayadharmāṇas te sambhavad atyantonmūlanādakṣapratipakṣāḥ tadyathā kanakamalādi yathoktadharmāṇaś ca kleśājñeyāvaraṇādaya iti svabhāvahetuḥ /
Or, those things which have the property of diminishing in the presence of their counteragents can potentially have counteragents capable of complete uprooting – just as [in the case of] gold impurities and so forth; and the afflictions, cognitive obscurations and so forth possess the aforementioned characteristics – this is a reason based on essential nature.