kṣīrādeḥ kāraṇasya yo bhāvaḥ sa eva dadhyādeḥ kāryasyābhāvaḥ kāryasya dadhyāder yo bhāvaḥ sa eva kṣīrādeḥ kāraṇasyābhāva ityetad abhāvavastutvam //
The existence of the cause such as milk is itself the non-existence of the effect such as curd; and the existence of the effect such as curd is itself the non-existence of the cause such as milk - this is the entityhood of abhāva [negation].