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The Vision of Śiva4.46

4.46
असत्त्वे कारकाणं हि समूहो न भवेत्तदा । कर्माख्यस्य ह्यसत्यत्वात्तत्संबन्धोऽसता कथम् ॥४६॥
asattve kārakāṇaṃ hi samūho na bhavettadā | karmākhyasya hyasatyatvāttatsaṃbandho'satā katham
— if (the effect) be non-existent ; — of the causal factors ; — for ; — the assemblage ; — could not be ; — then ; — of that termed the object (of action) ; — because of (its) non-reality ; — connection with it ; — with the non-existent ; — how (possible)?

For if (the effect) be non-existent, then the assemblage of causal factors could not (form) — since that which is termed the object (of the action) would be unreal, and how could there be any connection of (the other factors) with a non-existent thing?