vastusvabhāvaviyogarūpatvāt na tu bhāvasvabhāvasya sataḥ svarūpanivṛtter asattvam tat kathaṃ sarvabhāvānāṃ nityatvaṃ syāt yadi hi svabhāvaniṣedhalakṣaṇo vināśas teṣām asan syāt tadā nityatvam eṣāṃ syāt / yāvatā svabhāvaniṣedhalakṣaṇo nāśaḥ svayam asadrūpasteṣām astyeveti kathaṃnityā bhaveyuḥ /
Since [destruction] has the nature of dissociation from the inherent nature of a thing, and not non-existence through the cessation of the existing nature of being itself, how could all entities be eternal? If destruction, characterized by the negation of inherent nature, were non-existent for them, then they would be eternal. However, since destruction, characterized by the negation of inherent nature, though itself negative in form, does actually exist for them, how could they be eternal?