athāpi syād ekadā sannikṛṣṭaviṣayād vijñānād arthakriyāsaṃvādato guṇattāṃ niścityānyadā viprakṛṣṭaviṣayasyāpi jñānasya saṃvādamantareṇaiva kālāntareṇa guṇavattāyā niścitatvāt tataḥ prāmāṇyaniścayo bhaviṣyatīti /
[One might say:] "Sometimes, having ascertained perfection from a cognition of a proximate object through conformity with effective action, at other times, even without conformity, the perfection [of causes] for cognition of a remote object will be ascertained after some time, and from that validity will be ascertained."