prabandhavṛttyapekṣāyāṃ ca pūrvapūrvaḥ kalāpo 'nyasyottarottarasya kāraṇaṃ bhavatīti sākṣāc ca kāryakāraṇabhāvalakṣaṇo 'pi sambandho 'styeva
And with respect to their sequential occurrence, each preceding aggregate becomes the cause of each succeeding one, so there exists also a direct causal relationship [between them]