कार्य्यिणा हन्यते कार्य्यो कार्य्यं कार्य्येण हन्यते ।
निमित्तं च निमित्तेन यच्छेषमनुवर्त्तते ॥
kāryiṇā hanyate kāryī kāryāṁ kāryeṇa hanyate |
nimittaṁ ca nimittena yac cheṣam anuvartate ||
(Unknown source; cited in the Vṛtti on Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇam: 50)
“A kāryī [i.e., the object of an operation] is eliminated by a kāryī. A kārya (operation) is eliminated by a kārya. A nimitta (cause of an operation) is eliminated by a nimitta. And that which remains carries over [from the previous sūtra].”