yadi cābhāvo 'pi tathāvidhasāmarthyādhyāsito bhavet tadā katham iva vastutvaṃ nāsādayet etāvanmātranibandhanatvād vastunaḥ /
And if absence too were to have such potency attributed to it, how could it not attain the nature of a positive entity, since a positive entity is established by this [potency] alone?