athavā ye pratipakṣasannidhāvapacayadharmāṇo dṛṣṭās te pratipakṣātyantavṛddhau satyāṃ sambhavadatyantāpacayadharmāṇaḥ, yathā kanakamalādi, nairātmyādilakṣaṇasaṃmukhībhāve cāpacayadharmāṇo rāgādaya iti svabhāvahetur iti /
Those things which are observed to have the property of diminishing in the presence of their counteragents can potentially have the property of complete diminishment when their counteragent reaches its ultimate development – just as [in the case of] gold impurities and so forth. And [similarly], passion and so forth have the property of diminishing in the presence of the characteristic of selflessness and so forth – this is a reason based on essential nature.