nāpyabhāvapramāṇaviṣayīkṛtatvāt sarvavido 'sattvasiddhiḥ / tathā hi yadi pramāṇanivṛttimātraṃ prasajya lakṣaṇam abhāvapramāṇaṃ varṇyate tadā nāsau kasyacit pratipattir nāpi pratipattihetur iti na tena viṣayīkaraṇaṃ yuktam avastutvāt /
Nor can the non-existence of the omniscient one be established from [His] being the object of the means of cognition [called] non-apprehension. For if non-apprehension as a means of cognition is described as having the mere absence of [any other] means of cognition as its characteristic, then it is neither a cognition of anything nor a cause of cognition, and thus making [the omniscient one] its object is not reasonable due to [non-apprehension's] lack of reality.