naca prathame hetau saṃdigdhavipakṣavṛttikatā yasmānniyatāyām arthakriyāyāṃ yā śaktis tasyā yadetajjanma hetupratyayanirmitaṃ tadeva vartamānasya lakṣaṇam, etacca vartamānatvalakṣaṇam avikalamatītādiṣvapyastīti nimittāntarābhāvāt kimiti vartamānatā na prasajyete //
Nor is there doubt about the occurrence of the first reason in the contrary of the probandum, because that birth which is produced by causes and conditions of the power pertaining to a restricted efficacious action is indeed the characteristic of the present; and since this characteristic of presentness exists unimpaired also in past things etc., why should presentness not apply [to them] given the absence of any other determining factor?