Bhagavadgita 4.16.2

4.16.2

kāryakāraṇayoḥ sattaikatve svataḥ sattābhāvātkāryasyāsattvāpatteḥ | dvitīye kāryasattā sadrūpā vā kimasadrūpeti | ādye sadrūpakāryasattā kāraṇasattāyāḥ bhinnā vā kimabhinnā vā | nādyaḥ | brahmaṇaḥ pūrṇatvena nirantaratvātkāryasya tatsattāvyatiriktasattāsaṃbhavādasattvameva syāt | na dvitīyaḥ | sattayorubhayoḥ sadrūpeṇaikatvāvagamātkāryasya kāraṇabhinnatvāsaṃbhavādasattvāvyāhateḥ | asadrūpeṇa bhinnāyāḥ kāryasattāyāḥ svataḥ svarūpābhāvātkāryasya śūnyatvāpatteḥ | kāryasyāsattvapakṣe jagataḥ śaśaviṣāṇavatsvarūpaśūnyatvādbrahmakāryatvānupapatteḥ | nanvasato'pi jagataḥ pradhvaṃsābhāvavatkāryatvamupapadyata eveticenna | pradhvaṃsābhāvasyāpi kāraṇasaṃbandhāsaṃbhavātkāryatvānupapatteḥ| kartṛkaraṇādikārakasaṃbandhe satiṃ khalu janikriyāyāṃ ghaṭādeḥ kāryatvaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tathaiva kāraka saṃbandhavattve pradhvaṃsasya bhāvatvāpattāvabhāva iti nirdeśādyogātkārakasaṃbandhaḥ sata eva sāvayavasya ghaṭate netarasya | nahi ghaṭanāśanasāmagrīsaṃbandhaḥ pradhvaṃsasyātyantā'sata upayujyate, tadabhāvādeva pradhvaṃsābhāvasya na kāryatvaṃ, tathaiva jagato'pyasato na kāryatvaṃ sidhyati | sadasattvapakṣe'pi sattvāsattvayorbhāvābhāvadharmatvenānyonyaviruddhatvādekādhikaraṇatvāsaṃbhavāttādṛgdharmavaiśiṣṭyānupapattau sutarāṃ jagato brahmakāryatvānupapatteḥ | tarhi kārya kāraṇābhinnameveti cenna |