yaduktaṃ rājīvakesarādīnāṃ kāraṇaṃ nopalabhyata iti tadasiddham pratyakṣānupalambhābhyāṃ bījapaṅkajalāder anvayavyatirekataḥ kāraṇatvena niścitatvāt /
What was claimed - that "no cause is perceived for lotuses, filaments and so forth" - is unproven, because through perception and non-apprehension, the causal nature of seeds, mud, water and so forth is ascertained through positive and negative concomitance.