nahyapratibaddhasyāhetvavyāpakabhūtasyānyasya vinivṛttāvāthā nāstyatra śītasparśo vahner iti sākṣād viruddhasya vahner vidhānācchītasparśaniṣedhaḥ, tadvat sarvajñaniṣedhe 'pi syāt
For the negation of something unconnected that is neither a cause nor pervader does not [prove another's absence], as in [the argument] "there is no cold touch here because of fire" - [here] the negation of cold touch [follows] from the direct affirmation of its contrary, fire - and similarly it would be for the negation of the Omniscient One.