pratyakṣānupalambhasādhano hi kāryakāraṇabhāvaḥ kṣaṇikatve ca bhāvānāṃ svajñānakāle 'navasthānād apratyakṣataiva /
For the relation of cause and effect is established through perception and non-apprehension, and if things are momentary, they cannot be perceived because they do not exist at the time of their own cognition.