tāmrādidṛṣṭānto 'pyasiddha eva tathā hi tāmrādīnāṃ pūrvakasya kaṭhinādikṣaṇasya svarasanirodhitvād vināśe satyagnyādeḥ sahakārikāraṇāntarāt svopādānakāraṇāc ca sāmagryantarād dravākhyamaparam eva svabhāvāntaramutpadyate /
Even the example of copper and such [metals] is not established, because in their case, when the preceding moment of hardness of copper etc., being inherently destructible, is destroyed, then from other auxiliary causes like fire and from its own material cause and from a different totality [of conditions], another different essential nature called "fluidity" is produced.