yaccoktam icchādayaścetyādi tatra yadi kāraṇamātramāśraya icchādīnāṃ sādhyate tadā siddhasādhyatā na hi niṣkāraṇā icchādayo 'smābhiriṣyante /
As for what was said regarding "desire and other [mental states]", if it is being proved that mere cause is the substrate of desire etc., then [this involves] proving what is [already] established, for we do not accept that desire etc. are without cause.