kiñca yadi nāma pratyakṣādeḥ parataḥprāmāṇyaṃ siddhyati na tu śābdasya, tathāpyasmat pakṣasiddhireva /
Moreover, even if it be proved that the validity of sense-perception and other pramāṇas is due to extraneous causes, but not [that] of verbal cognition, even then our position becomes established.