bhavatu nāmābhyudayaniḥśreyasasiddhihetur dharmaḥ asya tu sugatavacanasya kathaṃ taddhetutvaṃ siddham yenāsya dharmajñatvaṃ bhaved ity āha taduktetyādi /
[Let it be granted that] dharma is indeed the cause of the accomplishment of abhyudaya and niḥśreyasa; but how is it established that the Buddha's words are the means of [knowing] that [dharma], by which [his] knowledge of dharma would be [proven]?