tataś cānvasthā janmanāṃ syāt / kāraṇānāṃ ca vyāpārānuparatiḥ kāraṇasyāpi anyatvaprasaṅgo viśeṣābhāvāt /
And thus there would be an infinite regress of births, and [there would be] no cessation in the activity of causes, and the causes themselves would be liable to [further] causation, due to [there being] no distinguishing characteristic.