tathā tṛṇādiṣu niścitadahanasāmarthyasyāgner abhrapaṭale tat sāmarthyaṃ pratihanyate, na ca tatraivamanumātuṃ śakyate abhrapaṭalamagninā dahyate pārthivattvāt tṛṇādivad iti /
Similarly, fire's capacity to burn, which is established in [the case of] grass and such things, is blocked in [the case of] a mass of clouds; and one cannot make the inference that "the mass of clouds is burned by fire because it is earthen, like grass and such things."