prayogaḥ ye yatra notpannā nāpi prāgavasthāyino nāpi paścād anyato deśādāgatimantas te tatra nopalabhyante nāpi vartante, yathā śaśaśirasi tadviṣāṇam, tathāca sāmānyaṃ tacchūnyadeśotpādavati ghaṭādike vastunīti vyāpakānupalabdhiḥ /
The formal argument [is as follows]: Those things which in a certain place are neither produced, nor pre-existent, nor subsequently coming from another place, are neither perceived there nor do they subsist [there] – like a horn on a hare's head; and thus [it is with] a universal in respect to a thing like a jar which comes into existence in a place previously devoid of it – [this is] non-perception of the pervader.