kiñca tasmād guṇebhyo doṣāṇām abhāva ityādinā pradarśitena nyāyena yadi sarvatra prāmāṇyaṃ niścīyate tadā pūrvam eva pramāṇaṃ parato 'bhyupagataṃ syād anavasthā ca
Moreover, if validity is determined everywhere through the principle shown in [the statement] "from excellences follows the absence of defects" etc., then the very first cognition would be [accepted as] valid from another [source], and an infinite regress [would follow].