nahyanvayavyatirekābhyāṃ suvivecitaṃ kāryaṃ kāraṇaṃ vyabhicarati tasyāhetukatvaprasaṃgāt /
For when a cause and effect have been well ascertained through positive and negative concomitance, the effect cannot deviate from [its] cause, as [if it did] that would result in it not being a cause.