yadyapyatītādi vastu svalakṣaṇato nāsti, tathāpyātmasaṃvedanāt svalakṣaṇaviṣayatvena śāstre nirdiṣṭamityavirodhaḥ /
Although past and similar [objects] do not exist as specific characteristics [svalakṣaṇa], yet since [they are known] through self-cognition, they are described in the śāstra as having specific characteristics as their object - thus there is no contradiction.