satyapi vā nirviśeṣaṇasyābhāvasya grahaṇe na tadgrāhiṇo jñānasya prāmāṇyaṃ yuktam avastuviṣayatvāt /
Even if there were apprehension of unqualified absence, the validity of the cognition that apprehends it would not be logical, because it would have a non-entity as its object.