bhāvasya hi karaṇaṃ bhavati nābhāvasya nimittīkartavyasakalasvabhāvirahalakṣaṇatvān na kiñcid utpādyaṃ rūpam asti /
Only an entity can be brought about, not a non-entity, because [a non-entity], which is characterized by the absence of any positive nature that could be made into a cause, has no form that could be produced.