na prakṛtir na vikṛtiḥ puruṣa iti vacanāt / prayogaḥ yadavidyamānasādhyaṃ na tat kāraṇaṃ yathā caitanyaṃ / avidyamānasādhyaścābhimataḥ padārtha iti vyāpakānupalabdhiḥ /
"The Spirit is neither productive nor product" [as declared in Sāṃkhyakārikā 3]. [The] argument [is as follows]: That which has nothing to be brought about cannot be a cause - like consciousness; and the entity postulated [as cause] is one for which there is nothing to be brought about - [thus there is] non-perception of the pervader.