bhagavān āha - dviprakāraṃ mahāmate pratītyasamutpādahetulakṣaṇaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ yaduta bāhyaṃ ca ādhyātmikaṃ ca |
tatra bāhyapratītyasamutpādo mahāmate | mṛtpiṇḍadaṇḍacakrasūtrodakapuruṣaprayatnādipratyayair mahāmate ghaṭa utpadyate |
yathā ca mahāmate ghaṭo mṛtpiṇḍā deva, tan tubhyaḥ paṭāḥ, vīraṇebhyaḥ kaṭāḥ, bījādaṅkuraḥ, manthādipuruṣaprayatnayogād dadhno navanīta u(83*)tpadyate, evam eva mahāmate bāhyaḥ pratītyasamutpādaḥ pūrvottarottaro draṣṭavyam ||
Replied the Blessed One: Mahāmati, there are two factors of causation by which all things come into existence: external and inner.
Mahāmati, the external factors are a lump of clay, a stick, a wheel, thread, water, a worker, and his labour, the combination of all of which produces a jar.
As with the jar, Mahāmati, which is made of a lump of clay, or a piece of cloth made of thread, or a matting made of fragrant grass, or the sprout growing out of a seed, or fresh butter which is produced from sour milk by a man churning it with his own labour, (83) so it is, Mahāmati, with all things which, governed by external causes, appear one after another in continuous succession.