yathaiva hi vyāpāro 'nyena vyāpārāntareṇa vināpi kārye 'ṅkurādike hetur iṣyate, tadvad anye 'pi bhāvā vilakṣaṇavyāpāraśūnyā eva hetavaḥ kiṃ neṣyante
Just as the operation is accepted as a cause of effects like sprouts without [requiring] another operation, why cannot other entities too, even without any distinctive operation, be accepted as causes?