tataś ca kramayaugapadyābhyām evam arthakriyāvirodhe 'pi yathaite bhavantyevārthakriyākāriṇas tathā nityā api santo bhaviṣyantīti vyarthas teṣāṃ kṣaṇikatāśrayaḥ /
Thus, even when there is incompatibility in causal efficacy through succession or simultaneity, just as these [things] do indeed possess causal efficacy, so too could they possess it while being permanent; therefore, recourse to [the theory of] their momentariness is pointless.