śaśe śṛṅgaṃ pṛthivyādau caitanyaṃ mūrtirātmani apsu gandho rasaścāsau vāyau rūpeṇa tau saha vyomni sasparśakās te ca na cedasya pramāṇatā
[As Kumārila states:] "If negation were not a valid means of knowledge, then there would be horns on a hare, consciousness in earth and similar [substances], materiality in the soul, odor in water, taste in fire, those two [odor and taste] along with color in air, and those [color, taste, and odor] with touch in space"