tathā hi yadi bodhaviśeṣaḥ prāmāṇyamiṣṭaṃ syāt tadā tasyaiva guṇakṛtatve vyabhicāropadarśanaṃ yuktaṃ nānyasya / naca viparyayajñāne 'pi sadbhāvādityanena bodhaviśeṣasya guṇakṛtatve vyabhicāro darśitaḥ / kiṃ tarhi bodhasāmānyasya /
For if validity were accepted to be a particular kind of cognition, then showing the deviation would only be justified regarding its being produced by excellences, not regarding anything else. And by saying "it exists even in erroneous cognitions," the deviation shown is not regarding the particular kind of cognition being produced by excellences, but rather regarding cognition in general.