sā katham apohyata ityāśaṅkya parasya vacanāvakāśaṃ pariharati eṣetyādi / evaṃ manyate yadi hi svātantreṇānarthakyaṃ vedasya sādhyeta tadā syāt pratijñābādhā, yāvatā prasaṅgāpādanam etat kriyate /
Anticipating [the objection] "How can this be denied?", [the author], leaving no room for the opponent's statement, responds with "there may be such comprehension" and so forth. The meaning is this: If we were trying to independently prove the meaninglessness of the Veda, then there would be contradiction of [our] proposition, but what we are doing here is merely presenting a reductio ad absurdum.