atha pravṛttiriṣṭeti pakṣas tadā gṛhītagrāhitvād uttarakālabhāvino jñānasya na prāmāṇyaṃ prāpnotīti darśayann āha anuvādatvamanyatheti
If [this] view is accepted that [the Veda] operates [only on what is already known], then due to [its] grasping what is [already] grasped, the later-occurring cognition would not attain validity - [the author] shows this by saying "otherwise [it would be] reiterative."