tathā hi yan na kiñcitso 'bhāvaḥ kalpyate, tac ca tādṛśaṃ sāmānyato naiva viśiṣṭaṃ nāpi samaṃ, bhāvatvaprasaṅgāt /
For that which is nothing is conceived as non-existence, and such [a thing] can neither be distinct from nor equal to the universal, because [if it were] it would follow that it would be an existent.