yadi svataḥpramāṇatvaṃ sarvatrautsargikaṃ sthitam / bādhakāraṇaduṣṭatvajñānābhyāṃ tadapodyate //
If self-validity of cognitions is established as a universal rule, [and] it is negated by either an annulment or the knowledge of defective causes,