prayogaḥ ye kramavat kāryahetavas te nityā yathā kramavadaṅkurādikāryanirvartakā bījādayas tathā ca paramāṇava iti svabhāvahetuḥ //
The formulation [is this]: Those causes which produce effects in sequence are non-eternal, just as seeds and other [things] which produce sprouts and other effects in sequence; and so [it is] with atoms - this is a natural reason.