yo 'pi manyate prāmāṇyaṃ nāma vijñānasyārthaparicchedotpādikā śaktiḥ, śaktiś ca kṣaṇikavijñānāśritatvāt svato 'satī na śakyate kartum /
Some also think that "what is called validity is the cognition's capacity to produce the apprehension of objects, and this capacity, since it rests in momentary cognition, cannot be produced [by anything else] if not existing by itself;