yathā dharmanairantaryotpattiḥ santāna ity ucyate, na cāsau dharmavyatiriktas tadavibhāgena gṛhyamāṇatvāt, naca dharmamātram, ekakṣaṇasyāpi santānatvaprasaṅgāt, naca nāsti, tat kāryasadbhāvād iti /
Just as a continuous series of dharmas is called a "stream" - which is neither different from the dharmas (since it is apprehended as inseparable from them), nor merely the dharmas (since then even a single moment would constitute a stream), nor non-existent (since its effects are observed).