tathā hi svakāraṇasambandhakālas tāvat prathamaṃ bhavati / tataḥ paścāt svasāmānyābhivyaktikālas tato 'vayavakarmakālas tadanantaram avayavavibhāgakālas tataḥ svārambhakāvayavasaṃyogavināśas tato dravyavināśaiti ṣaṭkṣaṇasthāyitaiva dīpāder api vastuno 'bhīṣṭā /
Thus indeed: first comes [1] the moment of connection with its own cause, then after that [2] the moment of manifestation of its own universal, then [3] the moment of motion in the parts, immediately after that [4] the moment of separation of parts, then [5] destruction of the conjunction of constituent parts that produced it, then [6] destruction of the substance - thus even for things like a lamp-flame, [their duration] is accepted to be exactly six moments.