Sarvadarshanasangraha 1.37

1.37

syād etat/ syād eṣa manoratho yady anumānādeḥ prāmāṇyaṃ na syāt/ asti ca prāmāṇyam/ katham anyathā dhūmopalambhānantaraṃ dhūmadhvaje prekṣāvatāṃ pravṛttir upapadyeta/ nadyās tīre phalāni santīti vacanaśravaṇasamanantaraṃ phalārthināṃ nadītīre pravṛttir iti/

"Be it so," says the opponent; "your wish would be gained if inference, &c., had no force of proof; but then they have this force; else, if they had not, then how, on perceiving smoke, should the thoughts of the intelligent immediately proceed to fire; or why, on hearing another say, 'There are fruits on the bank of the river,' do those who desire fruit proceed at once to the shore?"