आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

Original

जन्मातिरिक्तकालं हि क्रियाकालं परे जगुः ।
इष्टाशुतरनाशेषु दीपादिष्वपि वस्तुषु ॥ ६९३ ॥

janmātiriktakālaṃ hi kriyākālaṃ pare jaguḥ |
iṣṭāśutaranāśeṣu dīpādiṣvapi vastuṣu || 693 ||

The other party also have asserted that the time of action is subsequent to the time of the birth of the object,—even in such things as the lamp-flame, which are admitted (by him also) to be fleeting in their character.—(693)

Kamalaśīla

The following Text shows that the Reason set forth (by the Buddhist, in the Inference just cited) is not ‘Fallible’ (or Inconclusive):—[see verse 693 above]

Some things are admitted to be fleeting in their character;—e.g. the Lamp-flame is admitted to be something which ceases very quickly; and even in these, Action appears only after they are born,—i.e. come into existence; and have been held to last only for ‘six moments’, and only to that extent, not-momentary (lasting).—(693)

The following Text shows how this is so.—[see verses 694-695 next]