bodhātmakatvaṃ nāmāprāmāṇyam, tac ca jñānanāṃ svābhāvikaṃ na doṣakṛtam, doṣābhāve 'pi samyagjñāne sambhavād ityataḥ svato 'prāmāṇyamucyate, doṣais tu guṇanirākaraṇam eva kriyata ityatas tannirākaraṇāyāprāmāṇyaṃ doṣānapekṣate nātmapratilambhāyeti /
Invalidity consists in being of the nature of consciousness (bodhātmakatva), and this is natural to cognitions and not produced by defects, because it exists even in right cognition where there are no defects; therefore invalidity is said to be intrinsic (svataḥ), while defects only serve to negate the excellences; hence invalidity depends on defects for negating those [excellences], not for its own origination.