syād etat bādhyeta sarvam etat, yadi tasyāṃ prāmāṇyaṃ siddhaṃ bhavatītyāha sā hi pramāṇam iti /
One might say: "All this would be negated [only] if its [the Veda's] authority were established" - thus [the opponent] says "for that [Veda] is a valid means of knowledge."