तदान्ध्यं जन्यते केन तस्य कालान्तरस्थितेः ।
सर्वैः समत्वं बाधो वा संबन्धे जननं कथम् ॥१८॥
tadāndhyaṃ janyate kena tasya kālāntarasthiteḥ |
sarvaiḥ samatvaṃ bādho vā saṃbandhe jananaṃ katham
By what is its blindness produced, given that it exists at a different time (from the annulling cognition)? Either there is equivalence with all (cognitions), or (you must explain) the annulment; and how can the arising (of a connection between things at different times) come about in their connection?