paścād avasthityabhāvena nirādhāravyāpārāyogo bādhakaṃ pramāṇaṃ tasmād ānantaryakamātram eva kāryakāraṇabhāvavyavasthānibandhanaṃ na vyāpāra iti sthitam etat //
Due to the absence of continued existence afterwards, the impossibility of activity without a substrate is the invalidating proof. Therefore it is established that mere immediate succession alone is the basis for the determination of the causal relationship, not [any real] activity.