evam api yatsvasaṃvidrūpameva jñānaṃ jñānāntarasaṃvedanarahitam utpadyate tena saṃśayo bhavedanaikāntiko hetur iti yāvat / atha tadapi svavyatiriktasaṃvedakasaṃvedyamudayavyayadharmakatvaprameyatvasmaryamāṇapramāṇatvebhyo viṣayavad iti matam /
Even so, regarding that cognition which arises merely as self-illuminating without being cognized by another cognition, there would be doubt [about your argument], meaning the reason would be inconclusive. Even if it be maintained that this [cognition] too must be apprehended by a cognizer different from itself, because [1] it has the nature of arising and perishing, [2] it is cognizable, [3] it is remembered as a means of valid cognition - just like objects [of cognition].