 In the other two Chinese versions the question of Dona is in the present tense, but it is acknowledged that all Chinese versions are a translation from earlier Indian versions of the Dona Sutta, which used the future tense.Thus the original Indian versions are believed to have all contained the question of Dona in the future tense, as in the Pali "bhavissati".Literally translated, "bhavissati" refers to the future and means "will be, will become", but, according to a well-known Pali idiomatic usage, it can also be interpreted as an expression of uncertainty, confusion or amazement relating to the present.