yadi hi svasantānavartipūrvapūrvajñānahetukaṃ pūrvameva cittaṃ syāt tadāsyād anāditā cittasantater nānyathā ityabhiprāyeṇaiṣāṃ pakṣāṇām upanyāsaḥ
For only if each cognition were caused by previous cognitions occurring in its own chain could the chain of cognitions be beginningless, not otherwise - with this intention these alternatives have been presented