tathāpi krameṇaivāmī kāryabhedāḥ pravartiṣyante yata īśvarasya pradhānagatāstrayo guṇāḥ satvādayaḥ sahakāriṇaḥ teṣāṃ ca kramavṛttitvāt tatkāryeṣvapi kramo bhavati /
Even though these [two causes] are constantly present together, the various effects will proceed only successively, because the three guṇas residing in Pradhāna—sattva and the others—are [God's] auxiliaries; and since these [guṇas] function successively, there must also be succession in their effects.