tatra na tāvad ādyaḥ pakṣaḥ, tat svarūpavat tadavyatirekitayā tasyāpi sadāvasthitatvāt, sataś ca karaṇāyogāt, karaṇe vā tadvad eva bhāvasyāpi karaṇaprasaṅgāt /
The first alternative is not tenable, because the [condition], being non-different from the thing's own nature, would like it be ever-present, and what exists [already] cannot be produced, or if it were to be produced, the thing itself would also have to be produced in the same way.