nanu ca yat sandigdhārthāvinābhāvitvenāniścitārthaprāpaṇasāmarthyaṃ jñānam, tad anumānavan na pramāṇaṃ prāpnoti. tathā hi anumānasyārthāvinābhāvasaṃśaye sati na prāmāṇyam iṣṭam, evaṃ pratyakṣe 'pi na prāpnoti.
"But that cognition which, due to having doubtful invariable concomitance with [its] object, has uncertain capacity to lead to [its] object, would turn out to be non-valid like inference. For just as inference is not considered valid when there is doubt about [its] invariable concomitance with [its] object, similarly perception too would turn out to be [non-valid]."