prayogaḥ yadacetanaṃ tadadhiṣṭhātāram antareṇa na svakāryamārabhate yatha amṛtpiṇḍasalilasūtrādayaḥ kumbhakārarahitāḥ kumbham
[The logical argument is:] Whatever is insentient cannot begin its effects without a supervisor - just as clay-lumps, water, thread etc. [cannot produce] a pot without a potter