kiñca anena tulya iti jñānādetāvatā leśena pramāṇāntarakalpanāyām atiprasaṅgaḥ syāt /
Moreover, if [we were to accept] this mere trace of knowledge [consisting in the cognition] "this is similar to that" as [sufficient] basis for postulating a separate means of valid cognition, an unwarranted extension would result.