tasmād yasya yadutpādakaṃ prakāśakaṃ vā tat tasyotpādane prakāśane ca sannihitasattākam eva bhavati natu nivṛttasvabhāvaṃ yathā bījāṅkurasya dīpo vā rūpasya /
Therefore, whatever is productive or illuminative of something is productive or illuminative of it only when its existence is present, not when its nature has ceased, as [in the case of] a seed [being productive] of a sprout or a lamp [being illuminative] of color.