athāpi syād yathā ripuhastādācchidya khaḍgaṃ tenaiva sa eva ripur nipātyate evaṃ pareṇa yat pramānatvenābhyupagataṃ tadeva gṛhītvā paro nirākriyata ityāśaṅkyāha apramāṇakṛta iti /
One might think that "just as having wrested a sword from an enemy's hand, that very enemy is struck down with that same [sword], similarly having taken what is accepted by the opponent as a means of knowledge, the opponent is refuted by that very [means]" - [anticipating] this objection, he says "produced by what is not a means of knowledge."