prayogaḥ yat pūrvottarāvasthāsu na viśeṣyate tat pariṇāmi na bhavati yathākāśam na viśiṣyate ca caitanyaṃ sarvāvasthāsviti vyākānupalabdheḥ
[The following is] the argument: What cannot be differentiated in its preceding and succeeding states is not subject to modification - like space [ākāśa]; and consciousness is not differentiated in any state; hence due to non-perception of the wider [characteristic], [the narrower must be denied].