pūrvapūrvakāraṇasāmarthyakṛtaścottarottarakāryaprasava iti prabandhe 'pi na saṃskārasya sāmarthyaṃ sidhyati //
In the [causal] chain, each subsequent effect is produced by the potency of its immediately preceding cause; thus even here, the potency of saṃskāra [momentum] is not established.