svabhāva eva hi vyāpako nivartamānaḥ svaṃ vyāpyaṃ nivartayati kāraṇaṃ vā kāryaṃ pratibandhasadbhāvāt /
For indeed the nature [of a thing], being pervasive, when negated negates what it pervades - whether cause or effect - due to the existence of necessary connection.