tasmād yasya dharmiṇo 'bhāvo vyavacchidyate, bhāvaś ca paricchidyate so 'vaśyaṃ dṛśyo 'bhyupagantavyo nahyadṛśyasya paricchedonāparicchinnāsya tadviparītadharmavyavacchedaḥ sambhavati /
Hence, when the non-existence of a certain thing [dharmin] is excluded and its existence is cognized, then it must necessarily be regarded as 'perceptible'; for what is imperceptible cannot be cognized, and what is not cognized cannot have its contrary properties excluded.