anyathā hi sattāmātreṇa tato 'bhāvasiddhau satyāṃ sarvasya puṃsas tasmād ekapuruṣotpannādapi jñānād abhāvasiddhiprasaṅgaḥ syāt /
For otherwise, if the absence were established by mere existence [of the other thing], then the undesirable consequence would follow that all persons would establish the absence from a cognition arising in even a single person.