na kāryakāraṇatve stastadvyāpārānanugrahāt // nāśotpādayoḥ samatve 'pi kalpyamāne na nāśotpādayos tadvator vā kāryakāraṇatve staḥ sambhavataḥ, tayḥ parasparānapekṣatvāt /
Even if the destruction [of the first moment] and the production [of the second moment] are assumed to be simultaneous, there can be no causal relationship between the said destruction and production, nor between their respective substrates, because they are independent of each other.