0374 Verse 487

Original

तस्मात्प्राक्कार्यनिष्पत्तेर्व्यापारो यस्य दृश्यते ।
तदेव कारणं तस्य न त्वानन्तर्यमात्रकम् ॥ ४८७ ॥

tasmātprākkāryaniṣpattervyāpāro yasya dṛśyate |
tadeva kāraṇaṃ tasya na tvānantaryamātrakam || 487 ||

“Thus that alone can be regarded as the cause of an effect whose action is found to be there before the production of that effect; and not mere immediate sequence.”—(487)

Kamalaśīla

Having thus shown that mere immediate sequence cannot be the basis of the causal relation, the Opponent sums up his own view by way of recapitulation:—[see verse 487 above]

‘Not mere immediate sequence’,—‘can be the basis of the notion of Cause-effect’—this has to be regarded as understood.—(487)