evaṃ vyomādīnām akṛtakatvābhyupagame sati niyamenāsadvyavahāraviṣayataiveti pratipāditam idānīṃ sattvābhyupagame tu kṣaṇikatvamevaiṣāṃ prasajyata itisādhanayannāha yadi tvityādi /
If [these things like] ākāśa [etc.] are accepted as uncreated, they necessarily become objects of non-existence, and now if they are accepted as existent, their momentariness necessarily follows - [the author] demonstrates this by saying "yadi tu" etc.