katham idānīm adhvasaṃgṛhītatvam atītānāgatānāṃ rūpādīnāṃ nirdiṣṭam nahi śaśaviṣāṇam atyantāsadatītamanāgataṃ vā vyavasthāpyata ity āha bhūtvetyādi /
How then has it been declared that past and future forms and [other things] are included among the states? For the past-ness or future-ness of completely non-existent things like a hare's horn is never established.