athavā prajñaptisato 'pyabhāvābhiniveśaparihārārthaṃ śūnyatādeśanāyāmabhavyavineyajanāśayāpekṣayā nāstītyeva noktam /
Or alternatively, even though [it] has only conceptually-constructed existence, He did not directly state "it does not exist" in order to prevent attachment to non-existence, considering the disposition of people not [yet] ready for the teaching of emptiness.