tathā hi śakyam idaṃ kartuṃ yā parāparabuddhiḥ sā paraparikalpitaguṇarahitārthamātrakṛtakramotpādavyavasthānibandhanā parāparabuddhitvāt yathā rūpādiṣu parāparabuddhiḥ parāparabuddhiśceyaṃ ghaṭādiṣviti svabhāvahetuḥ /
For instance, one can make [the following inference]: The notion of prior and posterior is based solely on the regularity of successive appearances of things without [any] qualities postulated by the opponent, because it is a notion of prior and posterior, like the notion of prior and posterior with regard to color and other [qualities]; and this [same] notion [applies] to jars and other [things] – this is the nature-based reason.