tathā hi yadi svabhāva utpādānantaraṃ na vinaśyet tadā paścād api sa eva tasya sthidharmā svabhāvas tadavastha iti kiṃ nāśahetunā tasya kṛtam yena vinaśyeta /
For if [its] nature were not destroyed immediately after arising, then later too, since that same nature with its property of permanence would remain unchanged, what could a cause of destruction do to it by which it would be destroyed?