1233 Verse 1842

Original

अथ नार्थक्रियाशक्तिस्तेषामभ्युपगम्यते ।
यद्येवमत एवैषामसत्त्वं व्योमपुष्पवत् ॥ १८४२ ॥

atha nārthakriyāśaktisteṣāmabhyupagamyate |
yadyevamata evaiṣāmasattvaṃ vyomapuṣpavat || 1842 ||

If, on the other hand, the past and future things are held to be without the capacity for effective action,—then, on that ground alone, they would be non-existent,—like the ‘sky-flower’,—(1842)

Kamalaśīla

If then the second alternative view (proposed under Text 1835) is accepted—that the Past and Future things are devoid of capacity for effective action,—then, in that case, for that very reason,—of being devoid of capacity for effective activity,—they would have to be regarded as ‘non-existent’, like ‘sky-flowers’; as the only characteristic of ‘non-existence’ consists in the absence of all capacity.—(1842)