Establishment of Brahman 3.89

3.89

yadi ca liṅgena pramāṇameva mīyate, mīyamānataiva ca sattā, tatra pramīyamāṇatvātpramāṇaṃ sarvaṃ sadeva /
sacca vartamānamityucyate /
tatra vartamānatvātpramāṇasya sarvatrārthe ‘asti'; ityeva syāt /
na pramāṇatraividhyādarthe traividhyam, mīyamānasya sattvātsataśca vartamānatvāditi /

And if what is cognised by the inferential mark is only the means of valid cognition, and existence is precisely being cognised, then, because it is being cognised, every means of valid cognition is existent;
and what is existent is said to be present [in time];
in that case, because the means of valid cognition is present, there would only be [the cognition] “it exists” regarding every object;
a threefold nature in the object does not result from a threefold nature in the means of valid cognition, because that which is being cognised exists, and that which exists is present [in time].