nahyaviditalakṣaṇasambandhaṃ vastvanumānaviṣayaḥ naca tenātyantaparokṣeṇa vastunā saha kasyacilliṅgasya sambandhaḥ śakyate niścetum //
For nothing can be an object of inference whose characteristic relation has not been recognized, and no relation between any inferential mark and something entirely beyond perception can be determined.