nanu yadi vijñānaṃ svataḥpramāṇam evaṃ sati sarvajñānaprāmāṇyaprasaṅga ityata āha tasmād ityādi /
[Objection:] "If cognition is self-valid, then it would follow that all cognitions would be valid" – to this [objection the author] responds with "therefore" etc.