udyotakaratvāha yadyapi nityamīśvarākhyaṃ kāraṇam avikalaṃ bhāvānāṃ saṃnihitaṃ / tathāpi na yugapad utpattirīśvarasya buddhipūrvakāritvāt /
Uddyotakara says: "Although the cause named Īśvara [God] is eternal, complete and ever-present for [all] beings, yet [their] production is not simultaneous because Īśvara acts with prior deliberation."