Verse 683

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यत्कार्यरूपेण यदीक्ष्यते त -त्तन्मात्रमेवात्र विचार्यमाणे ।मृत्कार्यभूतं कलशादि सम्य -ग्विचारितं सन्न मृदो विभिद्यते ॥ ६८३ ॥

In plain words

Whatever is perceived as an effect is, upon investigation, nothing other than its cause. When pots and other clay products are thoroughly analyzed, they are never found to be separate from the clay.

Close to the Sanskrit

Whatever is seen in the form of an effect, that alone is that substance here, when investigated; a pitcher and the like, produced as an effect of clay, thoroughly analyzed, is not separated from clay.