yadvāpekṣikatvātkāryakāraṇabhāvasya rūpāntarasya cāpekṣaṇīyasyābhāvāt sarveṣāṃ puruṣavan na prakṛtitvaṃ nāpi vikṛtitvaṃ syāt
Or else, due to the relativity of the causal relationship and the absence of any other form to be considered, nothing would be either a producer or a product, just like puruṣa.