abhāvasyāpi vastutvāvirodhāt satyapyakṛtāvināśitvalakṣaṇatve nityatvasya nāvastutvam iti bhāvaḥ //
"The meaning is that since there is no contradiction in absence being an entity, even though eternality is characterized by being uncreated and indestructible, it need not be a non-entity."