upamānaṃ hi sādṛśyatadupādhiviṣayatvāt sadṛśapadārthagrahaṇānantarīyakamasannikṛṣṭārthagocaram, yathā gavayagrahaṇadvāreṇa goḥ smaraṇam, naca sarvajñasadṛśaḥ kaścit pratītaḥ sambhavatītyataḥ sadṛśapadārthagrahaṇābhāvān na pravartate /
For analogy, being based on similarity and its conditions, apprehends remote objects [only] when preceded by the cognition of a similar thing - as [in] the remembrance of a cow through the perception of a gavaya - and since no one similar to an omniscient person is known to exist, [analogy] cannot operate due to the absence of perception of a similar object.