tatra yadyanyat tadā vartamānānāṃ prāgūrdhvāvasthayoḥ niḥsvabhāvatā prāpnoti / hetutvasaṃskṛtatvāddhetoḥ kāritravat /
If [the Activity] is different [from the Entity], then the past and future states of present things would become formless, because of [their] being causes and being conditioned, like Activity.