kṣaṇike sarvathābhāvāt kutaḥ kā cit purāṇatā |
sthairyād akṣaṇike cāpi kutaḥ kā cit purāṇatā ||68||
skad cig yin na ril med phyir | | rñiṅ pa ’ga’ lta ga la źig | |
brtan phyir skad cig min na yaṅ | | rñiṅ pa ’ga’ lta ga la źig | |
If things are mere moments, they are, then, in no way existent; therefore any temporal relation like that of oldness, etc., would be impossible;
if, on the contrary, things are not momentary, on account of their duration any temporal relation like that of oldness, etc., would be equally impossible.