api ca yadi pūrvajanmābhyāsāhitavāsanānvayāt prathamajanmabhāvinī neṣyate buddhis tadā sadyojātasya sataḥ śiśostiryaggatasyāpīdaṃ sukhasya sādhanam iva duḥkhasyeti vyavasāyaḥ kathaṃ bhavet / yena sukhasādhanaṃ stanādikam anvicchati /
Moreover, if one does not accept that the first cognition at birth arises from the continuity of impressions left by practice in previous lives, then how could a newborn child – even among animals – have the determination that "this is a means of pleasure" and "that [is a means] of pain," by which [determination] it seeks the breast and such things as means of pleasure?