tena pūrvapūrvataḥ kāraṇabhūtādavidyātmano jñānād uttarottarakāryajñānasya vitathākārābhiniveśina utpatter avidyāvaśāt tathākhyātir yuktā
Due to [the influence of] avidyā, each preceding cognition, which is of the nature of ignorance and serves as a cause, gives rise to a succeeding effect-cognition which has within itself the traces of wrongful attachment; thus false cognition is logically established.