nacāpyatītānāgataṃ karma tat pratyayanibandhanaṃ yuktaṃ, tasyātītāder asattvāt, asataś ca hetubhāvānupapatteḥ
Nor can past and future action be properly considered as the basis of that notion, because what is past etc. does not exist, and what does not exist cannot serve as a cause