tatra yadyatītānāgataṃ na syāt, abhūn mahāsammato bhaviṣyati śaṅkhaścakravartītyatītājātayor vijñānaṃ nirālambanam eva syāt /
If past and future did not exist, then cognitions of what is past and what is yet to arise, such as "Mahāsammata existed" [and] "Śaṅkha will become a universal monarch," would be entirely without basis.