ato guṇaniṣiddhair vā doṣair vākyaṃ na dṛṣyate / yadvā karturabhāve te na syur doṣā nirāśrayāḥ //
Therefore the sentence is not affected by defects which are prevented by [these] qualities; or alternatively, in the absence of an author, these defects cannot exist as they would have no substratum.