anāgataṃ hi nāmocyate yadalabdhātmatattvam, yaccālabdhātmatattvaṃ tadasat, yaccāsas tadaśeṣasāmarthyaśūnyam, yaccāśeṣasāmarthyarahitaṃ tat kathaṃ parāṅgatvāya kalpate paraṃ prati hetubhāvaṃ pratipadyata ity arthaḥ /
That which has not yet obtained its own essence is called 'future'; and what has not obtained its own essence is non-existent; and what is non-existent is devoid of all potentiality; and what is devoid of all potentiality - how could it serve to bring about something else or function as a cause for another thing?