tataśca yadbhavadbhir mūlaprakṛteḥ kāraṇatvam eva bhūtendriyalakṣaṇasya ṣoḍaśakasya gaṇasya kāryatvam eva buddhyahaṅkāratanmātrāṇāṃ ca pūrvottarāpekṣayā kāryatvaṃ kāraṇatvaṃ ceti vyavasthānaṃ kṛtaṃ tan na syāt
And thus, your determination that primordial matter (mūlaprakṛti) is solely a cause, that the group of sixteen characterized by the elements and sense organs is solely an effect, and that buddhi, ahaṅkāra and the tanmātras are [both] effects and causes in relation to what precedes and follows—[all] this would not be possible.