आदावन्ते च मध्ये च सृज्यात् सृज्यं यदन्वियात् । पुनस्तत्प्रतिसङ्क्रामे यच्छिष्येत तदेव सत् ॥ १६ ॥
ādāv ante ca madhye ca sṛjyāt sṛjyaṁ yad anviyāt punas tat-pratisaṅkrāme yac chiṣyeta tad eva sat
- ādau
- in the causal stage
- ante
- in the termination of the causal function
- ca
- also
- madhye
- in the phase of maintenance
- ca
- also
- sṛjyāt
- from one production
- sṛjyam
- to another production
- yat
- which
- anviyāt
- accompanies
- punaḥ
- again
- tat
- of all material phases
- pratisaṅkrāme
- in the annihilation
- yat
- which
- śiṣyeta
- remains
- tat
- that
- eva
- indeed
- sat
- the one eternal
Commencement, termination and maintenance are the stages of material causation. That which consistently accompanies all these material phases from one creation to another and remains alone when all material phases are annihilated is the one eternal.