nanu ca yadi jñānaṃ svasaṃvidā svata eva siddham, tarhi svata eva jñānaṃ pramāṇam ityāśaṅkyāha etāvadityādi /
[One might] object: "If cognition is established by self-awareness alone, then cognition would be valid by itself" — [responding to] this objection, [the author] states "etāvat" etc.