ta evam āhur na svato nāpi parato bhāvānāṃ janma kiṃ tarhi sarvahetunirāśaṃsam svaparakāraṇanirapekṣam ity arthaḥ /
They say thus: "The origination of things occurs neither from themselves nor from others; rather, [it occurs] independent of all causes, that is, without dependence on either self-causation or external causation."