Pramanavarttika 1.1.4.3.1.2.17

1.1.4.3.1.2.17

evaṃ hi tatkāryaṃkāri yadi kāryakāle gṛhyeta . na hyapratīyamānaṃ tadā tasya kāraṇaṃ . pratītiścet tadā ekatvād vināśāvadhi pratītiriti tadaiva vinaṣṭaḥ syāt . evaṃ hi tasyā kamatā . tato vinaṣṭādaparaṃ kāryaṃnna bhavedeva . bhavad vā na tat kāryaṃ . atha krameṇa pratīyamānaṃ kramavataḥ kāraṇaṃ . tathā sati nākramaṃ . na hi nīlatayā pratīyamānamanīlaṃ . athavā(.)

For in this way, it would produce that effect if it were perceived at the time of the effect. For what is not being cognized is not its cause at that time. If it were cognized then, because of its singularity, perception would have destruction as its limit, and thus it would be destroyed at that very time. For in this manner it would have a non-gradual nature. From that which has been destroyed, another effect would simply not arise; or if it did arise, it would not be an effect of that. Now, [if you say that] what is cognized gradually is the cause of that which possesses a sequence—in that case, it is not non-gradual; for what is cognized as blue is not non-blue. Or rather: