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The Vision of Śiva6.67

6.67
रूपे हेत्वन्तरापेक्षा यत्र तत्र तथा कृता । घटस्य नश्वरात्मत्वे मुद्गरादेरपेक्षणम् ॥६७॥
rūpe hetvantarāpekṣā yatra tatra tathā kṛtā | ghaṭasya naśvarātmatve mudgarāderapekṣaṇam
— with respect to a form ; — dependence on a further cause ; — wherever ; — is so posited ; — of the pot ; — if its nature be perishable ; — of a mallet and the like ; — the requiring (would be pointless)

Wherever, with respect to a (new) form, a dependence on a further cause is posited (it bespeaks the prior thing's persistence); (whereas) if the pot's very nature were perishable (of itself), the requiring of a mallet and the like (to break it would be pointless).