apica yady atītasya avasthitiḥ sambhavet tadaitat syād yāvatā atītasya avasthity abhāvād eva na yuktaṃ tasya pratibhāsanam iti darśayati apāstā ityādi /
Moreover, if what is past could persist, then this [claim] might be [true], but since what is past absolutely cannot persist, its appearance is not possible - [the author] shows this with [the words] "rejected" etc.