Nyayasutra 374.4

374.4

yasyotpattivināśakāraṇam upalabhyate iti manyase, na tad bhūtalakṣaṇahīnam arthāntaraṃ gṛhyate, bhūtalakṣaṇāvarodhād bhūtamātram idam ity ukto 'yaṃ pratiṣedha iti//31//

That whose cause of origination and destruction you think is apprehended is not perceived as a different thing devoid of the characteristic mark of the elements; because it is enclosed by the characteristic mark of the elements, this refutation was stated on the ground that 'all this is mere elements.'