anumā tu tādāmtyatadutpattipratibaddhaliṅgabalenotpadyamānā tatra vastuni pratibaddheti saiva pramāṇamato bādhikā /
But inference, arising from the force of a probans that is connected [to what is to be proved] either through identity or causation, is bound to that reality; therefore it alone is the valid means of knowledge and thus capable of refutation.