tatra yadyasau sthiraikarūpo bhāvaḥ sarvadā sarvakāryāṇāṃ hetubhāvenāvasthitas tadā kimiti tat sattāmātrākāṅkṣiṇī sakṛdeva sarvāṇi notpadyante yena krameṇa bhaveyuḥ /
In that case, if that entity of permanent single form were always present as the cause of all effects, then why would not all [effects], which depend merely on its presence, arise simultaneously rather than arising in sequence?