Sarvadarshanasangraha 16.5

16.5

tad asamañjasam/ acetanāyāḥ prakṛter vicārya kāryakāritvāyogāt/ yatheyaṃ kṛte ’pi śabdādyupalambhe tadarthaṃ punaḥ pravartata evam atrāpi punaḥ pravarteta/ svabhāvasyānapāyāt/

that is improper. For it is impossible for insentient nature to act having reflected. Just as it acts again for that purpose even when the apprehension of sound and the like has been accomplished, so here too it would act again, because its nature does not depart.