tac ca vastu upalabdhilakṣaṇaprāptasyānupalabdher niṣpannasya ca kāryatvānupapatteḥ prāgutpādād asadity ucyate yasya ca kāraṇasya sannidhānamātreṇa tattathābhūtamudeti tena tatkriyata iti vyapadiśyate natu vyāpārasamāveśāt kenacitkiñcit kriyate nirvyāpāratvāt sarvadharmāṇām
And that entity is said to be non-existent prior to its production because [1] what is perceptible is not perceived [before production] and [2] what is already accomplished cannot be an effect; and it is designated as being produced by that cause in whose mere presence it arises as such—not that anything is produced by anything through the entering of operations, because all phenomena are devoid of activity.