na hy āśritasyāśrayābhāve karaṇaṃ yuktam, yathā kuḍyābhāve citrasya, anāśritatvaprasaṅgāt /
For indeed, the production of something dependent in the absence of [its] substratum is not possible - just as [the production] of a painting in the absence of a wall [is not possible] - because [this] would lead to [the absurd consequence of its] being non-dependent.