yathā kāritrasya svarūpasattāpekṣayānāgatāditvaṃ vyavasthāpyate, evaṃ bhāvānām apyanāgatāditvaṃ bhaviṣyatīti kiṃ kāritrakalpanayā
Just as activity's futurity and other [states] are established with reference to [its] own existence, so too entities' futurity and other [states] could be [established] — what [need] then for postulating activity?