tathā hi doṣābhāvo guṇaparijñānānniśceyaḥ, guṇaparijñānasya ca punar api doṣābhāvāt prāmāṇyam avaseyam, tatrāpi doṣābhāvo guṇebhyaḥ parijñeyaḥ, punas tatrāpyevam ityevaṃ saiva sarvavyavasthālopinyanavasthā tadavasthā
For the absence of defects would be ascertained from the knowledge of excellences, and the validity of that knowledge of excellences would again have to be determined from the absence of defects, and there again the absence of defects would have to be known from excellences, and so on—thus the same infinite regress that destroys all practical affairs would remain.