Verse 369

Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation by Ganganath Jha:

वस्त्वनन्तरभावाच्च हेतुमानेव युज्यते ।
अभूत्वाभावतश्चापि यथैवान्यः क्षणो मतः ॥ ३६९ ॥

vastvanantarabhāvācca hetumāneva yujyate |
abhūtvābhāvataścāpi yathaivānyaḥ kṣaṇo mataḥ || 369 ||

“As it comes immediately after the thing, the destruction must have a cause; also because, not having been in existence, it comes into existence,—just like the following moment.”—(369)

Kamalaśīla’s commentary (tattvasaṃgrahapañjikā):

Thus three reasons have been stated: Destruction must have a Cause, (a) because it is occasional, (b) because it comes immediately after theng, as admitted by the Bauddhas, and (c) because not having been in existence, it comes into existence, like the following Moment. The ‘Hare’s Horn’ and such other non-entities serve as Corroborative Instances per dissimilarity.—(369)