guṇebhyaś ca pramāṇatvaṃ yathā nāsti tathoditam // guṇavattvādato vaktur na doṣās tannirākṛtāḥ
It has been explained how validity does not come from virtues; and due to the speaker's possession of virtues, there are no defects [in their statements], [as] these are negated by those [virtues].