syād etadyadyapi vyāpāragatānvayādyanuvidhānaṃ kāryasya na siddham, tathāpi tasya kāraṇabhāvo bhaviṣyatītyāha adṛṣṭaśakter ityādi / adṛṣṭaśakter hetutve kalpyamāne 'pi neṣyate / kimanyasyāpi hetutvaṃ viśeṣo vāsya kastataḥ //
[The opponent] says this: "Even though the concomitance of the effect with operations is not established, still their causal nature might exist." [The answer is:] If causality is assumed for [something with] unperceived power, why not assume causality for something else too? Or what distinguishing feature does it [the operation] have?