Mandukya Upanishad
With an Advaita Commentary from our Understanding
by Kenneth Jaques | 31,733 words
The Mandukya Upanishad is a short, just twelve verses, description of the material manifestation and the eventual return to unmanifest form of the Universe....
Verse 17
17. Your cause being brought into being from the effect, would not be substantiated; how will the unsubstantiated cause produce the effect?
The case of the cause being brought into being from the effect is denied due to the claim that the cause is brought into being by the as yet non-existent effect. This makes the existence of the cause untenable and unsubstantiated. The unsubstantiated and untenable cannot go further to produce an effect or anything else for that matter.