Sankhya Karika Verse 9

Sanskrit Verse

असदकरणादुपादानग्रहणात् सर्वसम्भवाभावात् । शक्तस्य शक्यकरणात् कारणभावाच्च सत्कार्यम् ॥९ ॥

Transliteration

asat-akaraṇāt-upādãna-grahaṇāt sarva-saṃbhavā-abhāvāt | śaktasya śakyakaraṇāt kāraṇa-bhāvāt-ca sat-kāryam ||

Translation

The effect is ever existent, because that which is non-existent, can by no means be brought into existence ; because effects take adequate material causes ; because all things are not produced from all causes ; because a competent cause can effect that only for which it is competent; and also because the effect possesses the nature of the cause

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Reference: Sankhya Karika