yataḥ kāraṇaśaktipratiniyamātkiñcidevāsatkriyate yasyotpādakaṃ kāraṇamasti yasya tu viyadabjāder nāsti kāraṇaṃ tan na kriyata ityanekānta eva /
Since due to the restriction of causal power, only some non-existent [thing] is produced—[namely] that for which there is a productive cause; but that for which there is no cause, like a sky-lotus, is not produced—thus [the reason] is indeed inconclusive.