syād etat yathā vartamānacittakṣaṇasyātītānāgatābhyāṃ cittalakṣaṇābhyāṃ kālakṛtanairantaryam asti atha ca vartamānacittakṣaṇasya kalāmuhūrtādivatsāvayavatvam evam aṇūnāṃsatyapi bahubhiḥ parivāraṇe na deśakṛtaṃ sāvayavatvaṃ bhaviṣyati /
[One might object:] "Just as in the case of the present mind-moment there is temporal continuity with past and future mind-characteristics, and yet the present mind-moment has no parts like [those of] kālā-[s], muhūrta-[s] etc., similarly for atoms, even though [there is] surrounding by many [atoms], there will be no spatial divisibility [into parts]."