yadi cāsatprāmāṇyam anyena kartuṃ na śakyata iti svatas tad ucyate, aprāmāṇyam api tarhy anenaiva nyāyena svata eva prāpnotīti yatkiñcid etat /
If it is said that "validity is inherent because if non-existent it could not be produced by anything else," then by this same logic invalidity too would have to be inherent. Hence this [argument] is worthless.