śābdaṃ yadyapi sarvaṃ parokṣāviṣayaṃ, tathāpi na tena jñānenātīndriyārthadarśīṃ bhavitum arhati, tasya jñānasya parokṣārthaviṣayatvenāpratyakṣatvāt /
Although verbal testimony pertains entirely to imperceptible objects, nevertheless one cannot become a perceiver of supersensible objects through that knowledge, because that knowledge, having imperceptible objects as its domain, is not perceptual.