yacāpyeke codayanti nanu vastvabhāvamātrālambanasya pratyayasya pratyakṣādau na kvacid antarbhāvo 'sti, vastuvirahamātrālambanatvād asya, pratyakṣād eva vastuviṣayatvāt /
And what some [people] object: "A cognition that has as its object merely the absence of a thing cannot be included anywhere under perception etc., because it has as its object merely the absence of a thing, while perception etc. have [positive] things as their objects."