mānamapyevamiṣyatām iti vacanād viṣayādhigamalakṣaṇatvāt pramāṇasya na yuktaṃ nīrūpasya prāmāṇyam iti vakṣyamāṇo 'bhiprāyaḥ //
This refers to what will be stated [later]: since a means of valid cognition is characterized by the apprehension of an object, the validity of something featureless is not reasonable, [even though it was] stated that "let the means of valid cognition also be accepted thus."