yasmād vacanātmakamanumānaṃ naca vaktuḥ pramāṇam, atha ca vaktā tena paraṃ pratipādayati, parapratipādanārthatvāt prayāsasya /
Because inference, which has the nature of a verbal statement, is not a means of knowledge for the speaker, and yet the speaker conveys [knowledge] to another through it, since [his] effort is for the purpose of conveying [knowledge] to another.