Sarvadarshanasangraha 2.119

2.119

The connection of dependent origination with causes is, for instance: from the seed the sprout, from the sprout the stem, from the stem the stalk, from the stalk the bud, then the spike, then the flower, then the fruit. Nor in this external aggregation does the cause—the seed and so forth—or the effect—the sprout and so forth—consciously think, 'I am producing the sprout', or 'I have been produced by the seed.' In the same way, the two kinds of causes are to be understood in internal things as well.