hetupratibaddho hi bhāvānāṃ svabhāvapratiniyamo nākasmikaḥ, anyathā sarvasya sarvasvabhāvatvaprasaṅgaḥ, tataś ca tathāvidhahetupratibaddhātmalābhasya katham anyathātvaṃ kadācid api sambhāvyam, nahi dhūmaketupratibaddhātmasaṃsthiteranyato dhūmasyodbhavaḥ sambhāvyata iti bhāvaḥ /
For the fixed nature of things is bound to [specific] causes, not random - otherwise everything would have every nature. And thus, how could that which has its nature bound to such causes ever possibly be otherwise? For instance, smoke, which has its existence bound to fire as its cause, cannot possibly arise from anything else.