tathā hi jñātavān pūrvamaham eva ca samprati / aham eva pravedmīti yā buddhirupajāyate // tasyā jñānakṣaṇaḥ ko nu viṣayaḥ parikalpyate / atītaḥ sāmprataḥ kiṃ vā kiṃ vāsāvatha santatiḥ //
For when a notion arises in the form "I indeed knew [it] before and I indeed know [it] now," which moment of cognition is conceived to be its object? Would it be past, present, or would it be a continuum?