sa kilāha dharmo 'dhvasu vartamāno 'vasthāmavasthāṃ prāpyānyo 'nyo nirdiśyate 'vasthāntarato, na dravyataḥ, dravyasya triṣvapi kāleṣvabhinnatvāt /
He [Ghośaka] states as follows: "When dharma proceeds along [temporal] paths, having attained state after state, it is designated differently according to [its different] states, not according to [its] substance, because the substance remains unchanged in all three times."