syād etat katham idam avagamyate 'vasthāntaraviśeṣasāpekṣāḥ kṣityādayo 'ṅkurādikāryaprasavahetavo na punar arthāntarabhūtasaṃyogasāpekṣā yena sāmānyena sāpekṣatvamātre sādhye siddhasādhyatā bhaved bhavata ityāśaṅkhyāha ---saṃyogamātretyādi /
[Someone] might raise this [objection]: "How is it known that earth etc. as causes producing effects like sprouts depend on a particular different condition [of their own] and not rather on conjunction with something different [from themselves], by which [knowledge your claim that] when mere general dependence is being proved there would be proving of what is [already] established by you [would be valid]?" - having considered this [objection, the author] states [beginning with] "mere conjunction" etc.