nāpyavaśyaṃ kāraṇāni sadaiva samārabdhakāryāṇi bhavanti, yena sarvajñasya kāryānupalambhād asattvaṃ syāt, anārabdhadhūmakāryasyāpyayogolakavahnyāder darśanāt /
Nor is it necessary that causes should always be engaged in producing their effects, whereby one could argue that "due to non-perception of the omniscient one's activity, he does not exist," since we observe fire in a red-hot iron ball even when it has not begun to produce smoke.