siddhe 'pi triguṇe vyakte na pradhānaṃ prasidhyati / ekaṃ tat kāraṇaṃ nityaṃ naikajātyanvitaṃ hi tat
Even if the manifest (vyakta) is accepted as consisting of three guṇas, pradhāna is not established as its one eternal cause, for that [manifest] is not united with a single generic character.