tathā hi abhāvād anyadvastveva bhavati, abhāvavyavacchedalakṣaṇatvād bhāvasya, tadeva śabdāntareṇa hetutvenopāttam /
For indeed, only an entity can be other than non-existence, because an existent thing is characterized by the exclusion of non-existence, and this very [fact] is taken as the reason [when expressed] in different words.