tasmāt sarvadā kāryānārambhāt kṣetrādīnyaṅkurādikāryotpattau kāryāntarasāpekṣāṇi, yathā mṛpiṇḍadaṇḍasalilasūtrādayo ghaṭādikaraṇe kumbhakārādisāpekṣāḥ /
Therefore, from the fact that effects are not always produced, [it follows that] the field and other [factors] depend on something else for the production of effects like sprouts, just as the clay lump, stick, water, thread and so forth depend on the potter and others for the production of pots and such things.