yadi hi ādyam prathamaṃ jñānamavastuni pravṛttam abhaviṣyat tadā phalajñānam uttarakālabhāvi nodapatsyata, kāraṇābhāvāt, vastupratibaddhatvād arthakriyājñānasya /
For if the initial first cognition had occurred with respect to a non-entity, then the cognition of the result occurring at a later time would not arise, due to absence of cause, because the cognition of effective action is bound to real entities.