nahyavidita tatkāryais tacchaktiravadhārayituṃ śakyate, atiprasaṅgāt / tataś ca yasyaiva vedasya prāmāṇyasthirīkaraṇapratyāśayā sarvam etad vāgjālam uparacitaṃ tasyaiva tan na prasiddham iti kevalaṃ tandulārthinā tuṣakaṇdanametat kṛtam ityalam atiprasaṅgena //
For [its] power cannot be determined without knowledge of its effects, as [this would lead to] an undesirable consequence. And thus, for that very Veda for which all this web of words has been composed with the expectation of establishing [its] validity, for that very [Veda] this [validity] is not established - thus this is merely like husking chaff when rice is desired. Enough with [this] digression.