doṣābhāve 'py athājñāne svataḥprāmāṇyaniścayaḥ / tathāpi vimatir na syāt pūrvavat tatra vaktari //
Even if there were certainty regarding self-validity [of cognitions] when there is no knowledge of the absence of defects, there still could not be contrary cognition regarding that speaker, as [stated] before.