play of blind chance

[Sakya kim]

In this following sentence,
1. How should I know the phrase 'play of blind chance'?
2. What does the word 'play' mean?
Does it mean 'creating'?

Sentence:

Pațicca smuppâda shows that the sum of mental and physical phenomena known by the conventional name “person” or “individual” is not at all the mere play of blind chance;

Source:
Fundamentals of Buddhism
Four Lectures
by Nyanatiloka Mahåthera

 

[Barque]

It refers to something caused by chance, without any reason behind it. You can read "a play of" as "a result of".