[699] "He abandons past defilements (kilesa)": if indeed he abandons past defilements, then he makes exhausted what is already exhausted, makes cease what has already ceased, makes vanish what has already vanished, makes set what has already set; he abandons the past, which does not exist. Therefore he does not abandon past defilements.
"He abandons future defilements": if indeed he abandons future defilements, then he abandons what is unborn, abandons what is unproduced, abandons what is unarisen, abandons what is unmanifested; he abandons the future, which does not exist. Therefore he does not abandon future defilements.
"He abandons present defilements": if indeed he abandons present defilements, then one who is lustful abandons lust (rāga), one who is full of hatred abandons hatred, one who is deluded abandons delusion, one who is bound abandons conceit (māna), one who misapprehends abandons view (diṭṭhi), one who has gone to distraction abandons restlessness, one who has not gone to a conclusion abandons doubt, one in whom [defilement] has gained strength abandons the latent tendency (anusaya); [then] dark and bright dhammas would occur yoked together as a pair, and there would be a development of the path (maggabhāvanā) that is defiled by them. Therefore he does not abandon past defilements, does not abandon future defilements, and does not abandon present defilements.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.