tatra na tāvat kāryaliṅgam nityātkasyacitkāryasyānupapatteḥ kramayaugapadyābhyāṃ nityasyārthakriyāvirodhāt /
In this case, firstly there cannot be a probans in the form of an effect, because no effect can proceed from what is eternal, [and] because any purposive action, whether sequential or simultaneous, would contradict the nature of what is eternal.