ataḥ svataḥprāmāṇyamity ucyate / guṇais tu doṣanirākaraṇam eva kriyata ityatas tannirghātāya prāmāṇyaṃ guṇānapekṣate nātmapratilambhāyeti /
Therefore it is said that [cognition] is self-valid. The excellences only serve to remove defects; hence validity requires excellences for removing those [defects], not for establishing its own nature.