tatra na tāvad avyatiriktaṃ yasmād asau viśeṣo jātivyāpārāt prāgapi niṣpannatvād aśakyakriyaḥ niṣpattyuttarakālavat / nahi niṣpannasya kriyāyuktānavasthāprasaṅgāt /
Of these [alternatives], [it cannot be] non-different, because that particular [quality] would be already accomplished even before the operation of birth and thus impossible to produce, just like [it is impossible to produce it] after [its] accomplishment; for what is [already] accomplished cannot be produced, as this would lead to an infinite regress of actions.