atha guṇasannidhāne doṣanivṛttau satyāṃ prāmāṇyamupajāyata iti doṣanivṛttyā vyavahṛtatvāt sākṣād vidhimukhena guṇānāṃ vyāpāro na sambhavatītyucyate, tadetad doṣeṣvapi samānam
If it is said that "when excellences are present and defects cease, validity arises, and since [excellences] operate through the removal of defects, there can be no direct positive operation of excellences" - this applies equally to defects also