syād etat yadyapi kāryayogyam abhūtvā jāyate, bhūtvā ca vigacchatīti tathāpyatītānāgatāvathāyām akāryayogyaṃ vastu vidyata eva, tataś ca na
[One might object that] even though [an entity] capable of effects comes into being after not having existed, and disappears after having existed, still the entity exists in past and future states [though] incapable of effects, and therefore