yadyevam, sāmagryantaram eva guṇasahitam indriyādiprāmāṇyakāraṇam iti prāptam, guṇasahitasyaiva doṣarahitatvasambhavāt /
If this is so, then it follows that the cause of validity is something different, [namely] the sense-organs etc. accompanied by positive qualities, since freedom from defects is possible only for that which is accompanied by positive qualities.