na hyaśedṣadāhyadahanasvabhāvo dahano nityamavasthito 'nyathā sakalam eva dāhyaṃ bhasmasādbhavet; dahanajvalānuṣaktadāhyavat sadāsannihitasvadāhakatvāt /
For the burner [i.e., fire] is not eternally present as having the nature of burning all combustible things; otherwise everything combustible would be reduced to ashes, because it would always have its burner present, like a combustible thing that is in contact with a burning flame.