athāpi syād arthakriyāsaṃvādijñānasya svata eva prāmāṇyam iṣṭaṃ tenānavasthā na bhaviṣyatīty āha kasyacid ityādi
Even if it might be argued that the validity of knowledge corresponding to practical efficacy is accepted as intrinsic, [and] therefore there will be no infinite regress, [the author] speaks [beginning with] "kasyacid".