na caivaṃ pradhānasya pravṛttir yuktā / tathā hi nityatvāt tadanyahetvabhāvāc ca na tāvat kādācitkāraṇasaṃnidhānāyattā tasya kādācitkī śaktir yuktā /
But such activity is not possible for pradhāna, because, being eternal and having no cause other than itself, its occasional power cannot reasonably depend on the presence of occasional causes.