yadi nāma doṣair na guṇavad vākyaṃ guṇair doṣāṇāṃ nirākṛtatvāt, tathāpi parasantānavartināṃ guṇānām atīndriyatvāt tadaniścaye guṇavad vākyaṃ niścetuṃ na śakyate, nacāpi niścitaṃ svataḥpramāṇaṃ bhavitum arhati //
Even if indeed a statement possessing excellences is not [vitiated] by defects because the defects are nullified by excellences, nevertheless, since the excellences residing in another's mental continuum are beyond the senses, due to uncertainty about them, the statement possessing excellences cannot be ascertained, nor can what is not ascertained deserve to be self-valid.