na hi tasyāparo vyāpāro 'sti yena vyāpāram upakuryād anyathā hyanavasthāyāṃ vyāpārāṇām eva parasparaṃ ghaṭanāt padārthena saha vyāpārasya na kadāpi sambandhaḥ siddhyet /
For it [the thing] has no other operation by which it could help the [first] operation; otherwise, there would be an infinite regress [of operations], where operations would only connect with each other, and there would never be any established connection between the operation and the thing.