yadi nāma guṇeṣu satsu doṣaviṣayaṃ jñānaṃ notpadyate, guṇānāṃ parasantānavartinām atīndriyatvāt tadaparijñāne sati doṣābhāvaniścayo na prāpnoti guṇabhāvātmakatvād doṣābhāvasya, nahi ghaṭaviviktapradeśāparijñāne ghaṭābhāvo jñātuṃ śakyate //
If, when excellences are present, knowledge of defects does not arise, then - since excellences residing in another's mental continuum are beyond the senses - when these [excellences] are not cognized, there can be no certainty about the absence of defects, because absence of defects consists in the presence of excellences; just as the absence of a pot cannot be known without cognizing the place devoid of the pot.