asatkāryavāde sarvathāpi kāryasyāyogāt kiṃkurvadbījādi kāraṇaṃ bhavet / tataścaivaṃ śakyate vaktuṃ / na kāraṇaṃ bījādiravidyamānakāryatvād gaganābjavad iti /
In the theory of non-existent effect, since the effect is impossible in every way, what would seeds and such produce to be [called] causes? Thus it can be said: "Seeds and such are not causes, because their effect is non-existent, like a sky-lotus."