athāpi syād yasya puruṣasyākṣīṇadoṣasyāpi sato vākyād bāhulyena sampratyayo dṛṣṭaḥ so 'smābhiḥ pratyayita iṣṭo na kṣīṇadoṣaḥ.
[One might argue:] "Even a person who is not free from defects, [but] whose statements are found to be trustworthy in most cases, is considered reliable by us - not [necessarily] one who is free from defects."