tathā hi tadapi karma kasmān na janayatīti paryanuyoge kiṃ vaktavyaṃ syāt / tatkāraṇanodanābhāvād iti cet tasyāpi kasmād abhāva iti nityakāraṇābhyupagame sarvatra tulyaḥ paryanuyogaḥ /
For what could be said in response to the question "Why does that karma not produce [the effect]?" If [one says] "because there is no impetus from its cause," [we ask] "Why is there no such [impetus]?"—Under the acceptance of eternal causes, such counter-questions apply everywhere equally.