yadi hi pūrvopalabdhārthaviṣayamidam abhaviṣyat tadā pūrvamevodaśiṣyata tadviṣayatvenāvikalakāraṇatvāt /
If this [recognition] had as its object the thing cognized previously, then it would have appeared at that previous time itself, because its cause would be complete due to having that [same] object.