api ca kiṃ pramāṇāntaraparicchinne 'rthe pravṛttiriṣṭā, āhosvinneti pakṣadvayam, tatra yadi tāvanneṣṭeti dvitīyaḥ pakṣas tadā vedasya svata eva prāmāṇyaṃ siddham iti darśayati vedārtha iti /
Moreover, are [the Vedic injunctions] operative on objects determined by other means of knowledge, or not? These are the two alternatives. If the second alternative is accepted—that [they] are not—then the self-validity of the Veda is established by itself, [as] the Vedic content shows.