yaccoktam svato vākyaṃ pramāṇam na doṣābhāvopalakṣitam iti, tadapyayuktam, guṇānām atīndriyatvāt tadaparijñāne doṣābhāvasya guṇabhāvātmakasya lakṣayitum aśakyatvāt /
What has been said—that "a statement valid by itself is not indicated by the absence of defects"—that too is incorrect, because the excellences are beyond the senses, and when they cannot be cognized, the absence of defects, which consists in the presence of excellences, cannot be perceived.