atha kāryakāraṇaparamparāyās tadānaikāntikatvaṃ viruddhatvaṃ ca, sambandhibhyaḥ sambandhasyāvyatirekāt tadvadanityatvaprasaṅgāt /
"Now if [what is meant is] the series of cause and effect, then [the argument] is both inconclusive and contradictory, because the Relationship is not separate from the [two] relata, and consequently it would follow that [the Relationship] is non-eternal like them"