tasmād vyāpaka eva svabhāvo vyāpyaṃ kāraṇam eva ca [p.852] kāryaṃ nivartamānaṃ nivartayet, nānyad atiprasaṅgāt /
Therefore only the pervader [when absent] would cause the cessation of the pervaded, and only the cause [when absent would cause] the cessation of the effect—not anything else, as [this would lead to] unwanted consequences