anenaitaduktaṃ bhavati yo 'yaṃ svataḥprāmāṇyābhyupagamo bhavatāṃ, sa na vinā sarvajñena yukta ityato 'vaśyaṃ so 'bhyupagantavyaḥ, anyathā tatra prāmāṇyāsiddhir iti pratipāditatvāt /
By this it is stated that this acceptance of self-validity which is yours cannot be justified without [accepting] an omniscient being; therefore he must necessarily be accepted, because otherwise the validity [of the Veda] would not be established.