tathā prāgabhāvādiṣu caturṣvabhāvo 'bhāva iti katham anuvṛttapratyayo bhavet nahyatrāpi sāmānyam asti tasya vastvāśritatvāt /
Similarly, regarding the four types of absence like prior absence etc., how could there be a comprehensive cognition [of the type] "absence"? Indeed there cannot be any universal here, since that [universal] must reside in positive entities.