vināpi bodhakatvaṃ yatrārthāvisaṃvāditvam asti tatra prāmāṇyaṃ yathāgnau dhūmasya, tasmād anvayavyatirekābhyām avisaṃvāditvam eva prāmāṇyaṃ siddham /
And even without consciousness, where there is non-deviation from objects, there is validity, as in [the case of inferring] smoke from fire; therefore through positive and negative concomitance, validity is established as consisting in non-deviation [from objects] alone.