0370 Verse 482

Original

नाऽनागतो न वाऽतीतो भावः कार्यक्रियाक्षमः ।
वर्त्तमानोऽपि तावन्तं कालं नैवावतिष्ठते ॥ ४८२ ॥

nā’nāgato na vā’tīto bhāvaḥ kāryakriyākṣamaḥ |
varttamāno’pi tāvantaṃ kālaṃ naivāvatiṣṭhate || 482 ||

“Neither the future nor the past entity can be capable of producing the effect; as for the present one, that also does not continue to exist till that time.”—(482)

Kamalaśīla

It has thus been proved that there can be no relation between Action and its Result; the Author next proceeds to show,—again from Kumārila’s standpoint,—that the Relation of Cause and Effect is not possible under the doctrine of ‘Perpetual Flux’:—[see verse 482 above]

‘Till that time’;—i.e. during the time that it would come into existence and produce the effect, it does not continue to exist,—being momentary— (482)