pūrvoktā yuktiḥ "tathā hi bādhakābhāvāt pramāṇaṃ bhavatocyate / bādhābhāvo 'pyabhāvākhyaṃ pramāṇāntaram iṣyata" //
The previously stated reasoning [was]: "Thus indeed, according to you, [something] is declared valid due to absence of invalidation; but the absence of invalidation is accepted as another means of knowledge, termed 'absence'."