tathā hi bhāvaḥ svahetorutpadyamānaḥ kadācitprakṛtyā svayaṃ naśvarātmaivotpadyate anaśvarātmā vā / yadi naśvaras tasya na kiñcinnāśahetutā svayaṃ tat svabhāvatayaiva nāśāt /
For indeed, when an entity is being produced from its cause, is it sometimes produced by nature as having an inherently perishable nature or as having an imperishable nature? If [it is] perishable, then nothing can be a cause of [its] destruction, since [it] perishes by its very nature.