tathā hi vyāpāro nāma kāraṇasya ka ucyate / yadanantaram eva kāryam udayam āsādayati kāraṇasattānantaram eva ca kāryam udbhavati iti sattaiva vyāpāraśabdavācyāstu kiṃ janmātirekiṇā vyāpāreṇa kalpitena //
For what indeed is called an "operation" of the cause? [It is that] immediately after which the effect attains arising. And since the effect arises immediately after the existence of the cause, let existence itself be what is denoted by the word "operation" – what [need is there] for a postulated operation different from [the cause's] coming into existence?