cakṣurādivyatiriktānityakāraṇasāpekṣatvasādhanāt anyathā nityakāraṇatve satyavikalakāraṇatvāt kramotpattir viruddhyeta cetasām
Because it proves [only] the dependence upon an impermanent cause distinct from the eye and other [sense] organs; otherwise, if they had an eternal cause, since the cause would [always] be complete, the successive arising of cognitions would be contradicted.