Ce.s.taa yatra gatistatra gamyamaane ca saa yata.h
Na gate naagate ce.s.taa gamyamaane gatistata.h
When there is movement there is the activity of
going, and that is in present-being-gone-to;
The movement not being in the gone-to nor in
the not-yet-gone-to, the activity of going is
in the present-being-gone-to.
This notion of an activity of going, which takes
place in present-being-gone-to, requires minimally
that we posit an extended present. This is required
since only on the supposition of an extended or 'fat'
present can we ascribe activity to a present moment
of going. Thus the opponent is seeking to overcome
the objections against motion which were raised in
II:I, which involved the supposition of infinitely
divisible time. The opponent's thesis appears to be
neutral with respect to space however; it seems to
be reconcilable with either a continuous or a
discontinuous theory of space.
A textual ambiguity in II: 3 has important
consequences. Where Vaidya has dvigamanam(14) (double
going) , Teramoto has hyagamanam(15) (since a
nongoing) , and May has vigamanam(16) (nongoing).
Vaidya's reading seems somewhat more likely, since
"double going" is supported by the argument of
Candrakiirti's commentary. However both readings
yield an interpretation which is consistent with our
assumption that in II:3 Naagaarjuna will seek to
refute the case of motion in discontinuous time. Thus
on Vaidya's reading II:3 is:
Gamyamaanasya gamana^m katha^m naamopapatsyate