pratipādyārthāvyabhicāre sati śabdaliṅgayoḥ prāmāṇyaṃ syāt, pratipādyaścārtho 'pohastvayeṣyate, sa cābhāvarūpatvādaniṣpanno niḥsvabhāvataḥ /
The validity of word and inferential mark would exist only when there is no deviation from the object to be indicated; and the object to be indicated is held by you to be apoha; and that [apoha], being of the nature of absence, is not established because [it is] without own-nature.