yathā pradeśādau dharmiṇi pratyakṣe 'pi smṛtyā cāgnau gṛhīte 'pi vahniviśiṣṭapradeśādiviṣayatvān nānumānasyāprāmāṇyam api tu prāmāṇyam eva, tadvadupamānasyāpīti //
Just as when the locus [i.e., the place] is perceived and fire is grasped through memory, inference does not lose its validity but rather maintains its validity due to having as its object the place etc. qualified by fire - similarly for analogy as well.