nāpi krameṇa yuktam uttarakālam api prathamakāryotpādāvasthāvat kāryakāraṇasamarthāvikalasvabhāvānuvṛtter ajanatvavirodhāt
Nor is it reasonable [for effects to occur] in succession, because even at a later time, just as at the time of producing the first effect, due to the persistence of [its] undiminished nature of cause-effect capability, there would be contradiction in [the effect's] non-production