nahi pūrvasamīhā na teṣāṃ kāraṇam anyathā hi gopālaghaṭikādau dhūmopalambhād bhūmāder api liṅgasya vyabhicāritvaṃ codanīyaṃ syāt
Indeed, one cannot say that their previous effort is not the cause, for otherwise, upon perceiving [apparent] smoke from a cowherd's water pot and such, one would have to claim that even real smoke as an indicator [of fire] is fallible.