anyataḥ pramāṇāt sādhyasiddhau hetuḥ siddha iti cet, kiṃ tadānīṃ hetunā, sādhyasya siddhatvāt /
If [one says] that "the hetu is established when the sādhya is established through another means of cognition," then what is the use of the hetu, since the sādhya is [already] established?