yato deśakālādau prāmāṇāntarato bādhāyā abhāve niścite sati prācye prathame jñāne prāmāṇyaniścayo 'bhyupagamyamānaḥ kathaṃ parato nābhyupagataḥsyāt /
Because when the absence of sublation regarding place, time, etc. has been ascertained through other means of knowledge, how could the ascertainment of validity in the initial first cognition, when accepted, not be accepted [as coming] from something external?