syād etat anupalambhamātreṇa bādhakābhāvo na śakyate niścetum, sato 'pi kasyacid dūrasūkṣmavyavahitasyānupalabdher vādhakābhāvenānupalambhasyāvyāptatvāt, tena bādhakābhāvasiddhaye yatno vidhīyata iti /
One might object thus: "The absence of a sublating [cognition] cannot be ascertained by mere non-perception, because even when something exists, it may not be perceived if it is remote, subtle or hidden, [and] since non-perception is not pervaded by the absence of a sublating [cognition], therefore effort is made to establish the absence of a sublating [cognition]."