tatra yadi prakṛtyaivāsthirātmā bhāvaḥ svahetor utpannaḥ, tadā tena svabhāvaniṣpatter ūrdhvaṃ svayaṃ na sthātavyam eveti tasyākiñcitkarau dvāvapi sthitirnāśahetū / atha prakṛtyā sthirātmā bhāvaḥ, tathāpi tasya svabhāvānyathātvāsambhavān na kaścid vināśakaḥ, svayam eva sthāvaratvānnāpi kaścit sthāpakaḥ, ityubhayathā sthitināśahetū akiñcitkarau /
If an entity arising from its cause is inherently impermanent, then after its nature is accomplished it cannot continue to exist by itself, hence both causes—that of continuation and that of destruction—are ineffective for it; if, on the other hand, the entity is inherently permanent, then because its nature cannot be altered, there can be no destroyer, and because it is naturally stable, there can be no maintainer—thus in both cases the causes of continuation and destruction are ineffective.