Nyayasutra 104.2

104.2

arthasadbhāvavyaṅgyaś cāyaṃ vartamānaḥ kālaḥ, vidyate dravyaṃ vidyate guṇaḥ vidyate karmeti/ yasya cāyaṃ nāsti, tasya ---

And this present time is manifested by the existence of objects: 'a substance exists', 'a quality exists', 'an action exists'. And for someone for whom this does not exist, for him: —