yato yenaivāṃśena pravartakatvaṃ jñānasya bhavati sa eva darśanīyaḥ, na cotpādyotpādakabhāvena pramāṇaphalavyavasthāyāṃ pravartakāṃśaḥ sārūpyaṃ gamyate, tataś ca niṣphalamevotpādadvāreṇa pramāṇavyavasthānaṃ syāt /
Since that aspect alone by which cognition becomes prompting should be considered, and [since] in establishing the distinction between pramāṇa and result through the producer-produced relation no prompting aspect [namely] conformity [to the object] is found, therefore the establishment of pramāṇa through [the aspect of] production would be fruitless.