sambandhaḥ samavāyaścet tatrāpyevaṃ vicintyate / upakārībhavaṃs tasya samavāyīṣyate sa kim // na vā tatheti prathamo vikalpo yadi gṛhyate / saiva prāptā tadutpattir vyapāstā sāpyanantaram //
If the relationship is [claimed to be] inherence, then this too must be considered: Is that which inheres accepted as being helpful to it [the thing] or not? If the first alternative is taken, then we arrive at the same [notion of] production from that, which has just been rejected.