tasmāt tadbhāvābhāvānuvidhānavyatirekeṇa nānyaḥ kāryakāraṇabhāvaḥ sambhavatīti doṣavad guṇānām api kāraṇatvaṃ samānam /
Therefore, no causal relationship is possible except through conformity with presence and absence [of the effect]; thus the causal nature of excellences is the same as [that of] defects.