yathā kaladhautaṃ suvarṇamamalaṃ sarvadoṣarahitaṃ parīkṣyamāṇaṃ tāpādibhir na vikriyāṃ pratipadyate tathā bhagavad vacoratnaṃ pratyakṣeṇa tāpasadṛśena vastubalapravṛttānumānena nikaṣaprakhyeṇāgamāpekṣānumānenāpi chedadṛṣṭāntasūcitena na vikriyate /
Just as pure gold, washed clean [and] free from all imperfections, when tested by heating and other [methods], undergoes no change, so too the jewel-like words of the Blessed One undergo no change when tested by perception, which is like heating, by inference based on the force of real entities, which is like rubbing [on a touchstone], and by inference dependent on scripture, which is indicated by the example of cutting.