Sarvadarshanasangraha 8.57

8.57

yadi ghaṭādikaṃ prati mṛdādy eva paramārthataḥ kāraṇaṃ syāt tarhi kathaṃ yogīcchāmātreṇa ghaṭādijanma syāt/ athocyetānya eva mṛdbījādijanyā ghaṭāṅkurādayo yogīcchājanyās tv anya eveti tatrāpi bodhyase — sāmagrībhedāt tāvat kāryabheda iti sarvajanaprasiddham/

If clay and similar materials were really the substantial cause of the jar and the rest, how could they be produced by the mere volition of the thaumaturgist? If you say: Some jars and some plants are made of clay, and spring from seeds, while others arise from the bare volition of the thaumaturgist; then we should inform you that it is a fact notorious to all the world that different things must emanate from different materials.