kiṃ ca yathā pitari jīvati putro na svatantro bhavati tathā vyaktam sarvadā kāraṇāyattatvāt paratantraṃ natvevam avyaktaṃ tasya nityamakāraṇādhīnatvāt /
Moreover, just as a son is not independent while his father lives, so too the Manifest is always dependent because it relies on [its] cause; but the Unmanifest is not like this, because it is eternal and not dependent on any cause.