yadi dugdhādyātmasu kṣīrādīnāṃ svabhāveṣu dadhyādilakṣaṇāni kāryāṇi sarvathā sarvātmanā viśeṣarasavīryavipākādinā vibhaktena rūpeṇa madhyāvasthāvatsanti tadā teṣāṃ satāṃ kimutpādyaṃ rūpam asti yena te kāraṇair dugdhādibhir janyāḥ syuḥ
If the effects [in the form of] curd etc. already exist wholly and completely in the essences of their causes (milk etc.) in their mature and differentiated form with [all] their specific taste, potency, digestive effects etc., then, since they [already] exist, what form of theirs would [remain to] be produced, for which they would need to be generated by causes like milk etc.?