tathāpi ko 'tra dharmī kiṃ sādhyaṃ kathaṃ vā sambandhaḥ siddho yena trairūpyasadbhāvenānumāne 'ntarbhāvān na pramāṇāntaratvaṃ syād
But what is the subject here, what is to be proved, and how is the relation established, by which, through the presence of the three characteristics, [verbal testimony] would be included in inference and not be a separate means of valid cognition?