yadyatra kartṛbhūtavaktranapekṣaṃ jñānam utpādayati, tat tatra mṛṣā na bhavati, yathā padārthe padaṃ, kartṛbhūtapuruṣavaktranapekṣaṃ svārthe pratyayamutpādayati vedavākyam iti vyāpakaviruddhopalabdhiḥ
That which produces knowledge independently of a speaker-as-author regarding something cannot be false with respect to that thing – just as a word [produces knowledge] regarding its meaning; [and] a Vedic sentence produces cognition of its meaning independently of any person as speaker-author – this is the perception of something contrary to the pervader