nahi trairūpyam eva kevalam anumānasyotpādakam kiṃ, tarhi pratipattir gatā apyamūḍhasmṛtisaṃskārā guṇāḥ / tathā hi satyapi trairūpye prabhraṣṭasambandhasmṛtisaṃskārasyāpratītasambandhasya ca pratipatti rnopajāyate 'numānamityato 'nvayavyatirekābhyāṃ vijñānotpādakam eva prāmāṇyotpādakam ityetad asiddham /
For what produces an inference is not merely the three-fold characteristic alone, but rather the positive qualities pertaining to the cognizer [such as] non-delusion and proper memory-impressions. For even when the three-fold characteristic is present, no inferential cognition arises for one who has lost the memory-impression of the relation or has not understood the relation; therefore, by positive and negative concomitance, it is not established that what produces the cognition is the same as what produces the validity.