yathā ghaṭāder uttarasyotpatsyamānasya kāryasya pūrvakaṃ mṛdātmānam apratibaddhya samarthakṣaṇotpādanataḥ śakyate na vikārāpādānaṃ kartum
Just as no modification can be made in the subsequent effect of a jar etc. that is about to arise without [first] impeding the preceding clay [form] through producing a moment [in it] lacking capability