yasya hi vastuno niścayāya sādhanam upādīyate tasminnirākṛte tatra vastuni tato niścayo na bhavatītyetāvanmātraṃ syāt, na vastuno 'pi nivṛttiḥ, yataḥ pramāṇanivṛttāvapi prameyasya na nivṛttir iti pratipāditam /
When a [certain] proof is brought forth for ascertaining a [particular] thing, if that proof is refuted, only this much follows: that there would be no certainty regarding that thing; [but] it does not follow that the thing itself ceases to exist, because it has been explained that even when the means of cognition ceases, the object of cognition does not cease.