apiśabdād bhavadbhaviṣyatorapi kālayor na śakyam iti darśayati, nahyadarśanamātrād abhāvagatir iti pūrvam uktam //
The word "api" [even] shows that [such denial] is not possible with reference to present and future times either, [for] it has been stated before that mere non-perception does not lead to the cognition of non-existence.