kāraṇavyāpakayor nivṛttāvapi katham anyasya nivṛttir iti cedatrāha kāraṇetyādi / kāraṇavyāpakābhāve nivṛttiś ceha yujyate /
If one asks how the absence of one thing [follows] from the absence of [its] cause and pervader, [the author] states here beginning with "kāraṇa": When there is absence of cause and pervader, the absence [of the effect and pervaded] is indeed appropriate here.