pratyakṣavat tasyāpyanumānasyāpareṇānumānena pramāṇatāyāṃ sādhyāyām anavasthā syāt / athānumānākhyasya sādhanasya prāmāṇyaṃ nānyena sādhyate tadā sādhyasyāpi pratyakṣādeḥ sā sādhyā mābhūd aviśeṣāt //
If, like perception, that inference too would need its validity proved by another inference, then there would be infinite regress. If the validity of the proving [cognition] called "inference" is not proved by another [cognition], then the validity of perception etc. that is to be proved should also not be proved [by another cognition], since there is no difference [between the cases].