"apratyakṣopalambhāya nārthadṛṣṭiḥ prasidhyati" iti sarvārthāpratyakṣatvaprasaṅgān na śakyate svasaṃvittir niṣeddhum /
According to the maxim "Without the apprehension of perception, no perception of objects can be established," self-recognition cannot be denied, as [that denial] would lead to the unwanted consequence of nothing being perceptible.