nacāpyadarśanamātreṇāsmābhir vipakṣe liṅgasyābhāvo 'vasīyate / kiṃ tarhianupalambhaviśeṣād iti bhāvaḥ //
We do not conclude the absence of an inferential mark in the counter-instance merely from non-perception, but rather from a specific type of non-apprehension.