vastusattāvabodhārthaṃ tatrābhāvapramāṇatā // tatra mīmāṃsakānāṃ sadasallakṣaṇayor bhāvābhāvayor vastutvaṃ, sarvasya capadārthasya sadasadrūpeṇa dvyātmakatvamityabhyupagamaḥ /
The validity of absence as a means of knowledge there [serves] for the purpose of understanding the existence of things. According to the Mīmāṃsakas, both the positive and negative, characterized by existence and non-existence [respectively], are real entities, and every object has a dual nature consisting of both existence and non-existence - this is [their] position.