svasaṃvitter anabhyupagamān na svataḥ siddhatā nāpi parataḥ anavasthādoṣāt tasyāntasyāsiddhau satyāṃ pūrvakasyāpyasiddhiḥ apratyakṣopalambhakatvāt tataścārthasyāpyasiddhir iti na kadācit kiñcid upalabhyeta
Since self-cognition is not accepted [by the opponent], [the cognition] cannot be established by itself nor by another [cognition] due to the fault of infinite regress. When that final [cognition] is not established, the previous [cognition] too is not established because it would apprehend something imperceptible; and consequently the object too is not established - thus nothing would ever be apprehended.