na tvahetutvasādhakaḥ kaściddheturasti vyāpteḥ pratyakṣādibādhitatvāt // tasmādityādinopasaṃhāravyājenānumānabādhitatvaṃ ca pratijñārthasya darśayati
There can be no reason that could prove the absence of causation, because [such] a pervasion would be contradicted by perception and other [valid means of knowledge]. Through [the words] beginning with "therefore" (tasmāt), [the author] shows that the thesis-meaning is also contradicted by inference, under the pretext of a conclusion.