yadi nāma vyaktam triguṇātmakaṃ siddhaṃ tathāpi tasya yattadabhīṣṭaṃ kāraṇaṃ pradhānākhyaṃ tan na sidhyati
Even if it be granted that the manifest is comprised of three guṇas, still that which is desired [by the Sāṃkhyas] as its cause, called pradhāna, is not established.