utpattyavasthāyāṃ kimātmanaiva pramāṇam iti niścīyate, āhosvid vijñānāntareṇa sahakālabhāvinā, yadvottarakālabhāvineti pakṣāḥ /
At the time of origination, is it determined to be valid by itself, or by another simultaneously occurring cognition, or by a subsequently occurring cognition? These are the alternatives.