tadevaṃ pradhānahetvabhāve 'pi kāraṇasya śaktibhedena hetunā kāryasya parimāṇādirūpeṇa vaicitryaṃ kāryakāraṇavibhāgādiścotpadyata ityanaikāntikatā hetūnāṃ /
Thus, even in the absence of a cause [in the form of] pradhāna, the diversity of the effect in the form of quantity etc. and the differentiation of cause and effect etc. arise through the reason of difference in potencies - [hence] the reasons are inconclusive.