anyathā hi pramāṇalakṣaṇopapannasya bādhāyāṃ tallakṣaṇam eva dūṣitaṃ syāditi sarvatrānāśvāsān na kvacit tat pramāṇaṃ syāt /
For otherwise, if what is established by the characteristics of valid cognition were invalidated, those very characteristics would be vitiated, [and] thus due to lack of confidence everywhere, that [means of knowledge] would not be valid anywhere.