tathā hi ahaṃ jñātavānaham eva ca sāmprataṃ vedmīti yo 'yam ekakartṛpratyavamarśenāhambuddhirupajāyate tasyāvijñānakṣaṇo viṣayatvena kalpyamānaḥ kadācidatīto vā kalpyate yadvā sāmprato vartamāna utātītasāmprato yadvā santatir iti catvāraḥ pakṣāḥ /
For when this I-cognition arises with a recognition of a single agent [in the form] "I cognized [it] and I myself now know [it]," if a moment of cognition is assumed as its object, [that moment] must be conceived as either past, present, both past and present, or as a series—these are the four alternatives.