na hy anumānavad arthanāntarīyakam ātmānam upadarśayat pratyakṣaṃ pramāṇam iṣṭam, kiṃ tarhi pratibhāsamānārthavasāyaṃ kurvatu.
[A] perception is not considered valid because it shows itself as necessarily connected with its object like an inference, but rather [it is valid when] it produces an ascertainment of the appearing object.