tathā hi yadeva svātmani rūpam asti kāraṇānāṃ tadeva taiḥ kārye samādhīyate, yathā kāpālairupajanyamāne ghaṭe rūpādayaḥ svaguṇadvāreṇaiva prārabhyante, udakādyāharaṇaśaktis tu tair ātmanyavidyamānatvānnādhīyate ghaṭe, svata eva tu sā tasya prādurbhavati
Indeed, whatever form exists in the causes themselves, that very [form] is imparted by them to the effect, just as when a pot is being produced from potsherds, color and other [properties] are initiated through their own qualities alone, but the capacity to hold water and so forth, not being present in them [potsherds], is not imparted to the pot [by them] - rather it manifests in it by itself.