mīmāṃsakaiḥ kṣīṇadoṣapuruṣānabhyupagamād āpto nāṅīkṛta eveti kutas tadvacanasya prāmāṇyaṃ syāt /
Since the Mīmāṃsakas do not accept [the existence of] a person free from defects, a trustworthy person is not accepted [by them], so how could their words have validity?