Sarvadarshanasangraha 16.103

16.103

Furthermore, the causal complex for the production of a false cognition does not exist. Are the senses and so forth causes alone, or vitiated by defects? Not the first; because their capacity to produce correct knowledge is observed; otherwise, correct knowledge of silver would never arise. Not the second; because defects have the power merely to obstruct the natural capacity to produce an effect. Indeed, a defective kuṭaja seed cannot produce a banyan sprout; nor is a rice seed corrupted by oil able to produce a non-rice sprout; rather, it does not produce its own effect.