yadyanavasthābhayāt kvacid vinaiva bādhakābhāvaṃ prāmāṇyam iṣyate tadā prathame 'pi jñāne bādhakābhāvo nāpekṣaṇīyaḥ syāt /
If validity is admitted in some cases without [establishing] the absence of a sublating [cognition] due to fear of infinite regress, then even in the case of the initial cognition, the absence of a sublating [cognition] need not be required.