iha loke kāryakāraṇayor vibhāgo dṛṣṭaḥ tathā hi mṛtpiṇḍaḥ kāraṇaṃ ghaṭaḥ kāryaṃ sa ca mṛtpiṇḍādvibhaktasvabhāvaḥ tathā hi ghaṭo madhūdakapayasāṃ dhāraṇasamarthāḥ na mṛtpiṇḍaḥ
In this world, a distinction between cause and effect is observed; thus a lump of clay [is] the cause, a pot [is] the effect, and it [the pot] has a nature distinct from the lump of clay; for the pot is capable of holding honey, water and milk, [but] not the lump of clay.