0308 Verse 387

Original

क्षणावस्थितरूपं हि वस्तु क्षणिकमुच्यते ।
स्थिररूपसमाक्रान्तं वस्त्वेवाक्षणिकं पुनः ॥ ३८७ ॥

kṣaṇāvasthitarūpaṃ hi vastu kṣaṇikamucyate |
sthirarūpasamākrāntaṃ vastvevākṣaṇikaṃ punaḥ || 387 ||

That thing is said to be ‘momentary’ whose form persists for a moment; while that thing is said to be ‘non-momentary’ which is endowed with a lasting (permanent) form.—(387)

Kamalaśīla

Question:—“Why cannot the question of momentariness or non-momentariness arise in regard to a non-entity?”

The answer is provided in the following—[see verse 387 above]

The meaning of this is clear.—(387)