na tāvad bhāvam eva karoti, tasya niṣpannatvāt / anyasya ca karaṇe bhāvasya na kiñcit kṛtam iti tadavasthatvāt /
It cannot produce the existing thing itself, because that [thing] is already produced; and if it produces something else, nothing is done to the [original] thing, as it remains in the same state.