guṇajñānaṃ guṇāyattaprāmāṇyamatha neṣyate / ādyamapyarthavijñānaṃ nāpekṣeta guṇapramām //
If the cognition of perfection is not accepted as having its validity dependent upon perfections [in its cause], then even the initial cognition of the object should not require valid cognition of perfection [in its cause].