āsīt kartetyevaṃ tu kalpanīyaṃ, sa cādṛṣṭaḥ san kadāpyasīditīṣyate, yat tad apramāṇakam iti śeṣaḥ /
Though it might be imagined that "there was an author," and since he has never been seen, it would [have to] be assumed that "he existed at some time" - [but] this would lack valid means of cognition, this is what remains [to be said].