atha vā śaktisvābhāvyāt yathā kālasya vasantādīnāṃ paryāyeṇābhivyaktau sthāvarajaṅgamavikārotpattiḥ svabhāvataḥ / tatheśvarasyāpyavirbhāvānugrahasaṃhāraśaktīnāṃ paryāyeṇābhivyaktau prāṇinām utpattisthitipralayahetukatvam iti
Or, just as due to Time's natural power, when spring and other [seasons] manifest in succession, mobile and immobile beings arise by their own nature, similarly for God too, when [his] powers of manifestation, maintenance and dissolution manifest in succession, [he] becomes the cause of beings' origination, continuation and dissolution