atha paryudāsāvṛttyā pramāṇākhyād bhāvād anyo bhāva evābhipretaḥ evam api pramāṇād vyāvṛttyātmatayā na prāmāṇyaṃ siddhyet /
If, alternatively, negation is intended to be a positive entity different from what is called pramāṇa through relative negation, even then, being of the nature of exclusion from pramāṇa, [its] validity could not be established.