kathaṃ vā gamyate tasyāḥ pratīteḥ sā pramātmatā // bādhakapratyayābhāvād iti cetso 'pi kiṃ pramā / na veti doṣaḥ sarvo 'pi punaratrānuvartate //
How then is the validity of that cognition ascertained? If [one says] "from the absence of contradictory cognitions," then [the question arises]: "Is that [absence] itself valid or not?" Thus all the previous objections recur here again.