syād etat kāraṇānāṃ pratiniyateṣveva kāryeṣu śaktayaḥ pratiniyatāḥ tena kāryasyāsatve 'pi kiñcid eva kāryaṃ kriyate na gaganāmbhoruhaṃ kiñcid evopādānamupādīyate /
One might say this: "The powers of causes are restricted to specific effects only; therefore, even though the effect [previously] does not exist, only some [specific] effect is produced, not [an impossibility] like a sky-lotus, and only some [specific] material cause is utilized."