nacāpi saṃyogānāṃ kādācitkatvaṃ yuktaṃ tat kāraṇānāṃ kṣityādīnāṃ nityaṃ sannihitatvāt /
Nor is it reasonable [to maintain] the occasional nature of conjunctions, since their causes—the soil and other [elements]—are eternally present.