The birth of particles, and their death, in each successive stage, cannot be marked, O king, even as one cannot mark the changes in the flame of a burning lamp.
न चैषामत्ययो राजल्लँक्ष्यते प्रभवो न च। अवस्थायामवस्थायां दीपस्येवार्चिषो गतिः॥