sarvadā tadbhaveddhetor nityarūpasya sannidheḥ // idaṃ hi sarvā{tvā---}dīnām utkaṭaṃ rūpaṃ na tāvannityaṃ yuktaṃ vaktum kādācitkatvāt /
"...then it would exist always, due to the proximity of the eternal cause." Indeed, this manifested form of sattva and other [guṇas] cannot reasonably be called eternal, because it occurs only occasionally.