tathā hi vartamānakālayor aniyatadigdeśasaṃyuktayor yuvasthavirayor madhye yasya valīpalitarūḍhaśmaśrutādinānumitamādityodayāstamayānāṃ bahutvaṃ tatraikasya draṣṭur yavānam avadhiṃ kṛtvā viprakṛṣṭā buddhir utpadyate tāmapekṣya pareṇa kālapradeśena saṃyogāt paratvasyotpattiḥ /
Thus, between a young and old person existing in the present time, situated in different directions, with respect to the one whose numerous contacts with sunrises and sunsets are inferred from [his] wrinkles, grey hair, grown beard and so forth, taking the young man as the standard for one observer, there arises the cognition of [temporal] distance, and with reference to that [cognition], priority arises from contact with the farther temporal point.