anyathā hi tadātmatvenāsām api sadāstitvaprasaṅgo vastu svabhāvavat, tato 'vyatirekād vastuno vābhūtvābhāvādiprasaṅgo 'vasthāsvarūpavat /
For otherwise, being identical with that [substance], these [states] too would necessarily exist eternally like the nature of the substance, due to [their] non-difference [from it]; or conversely, the substance would necessarily be subject to prior non-existence etc., like the nature of the states.