tathā{hi---} sarvo 'yamārambhaścodanāyāḥ prāmāṇyapratipādanaphalaḥ, śābdasya ca pramāṇasya svataḥprāmāṇye siddhe siddham eva codanāyāḥ prāmāṇyamiti kimasmākam anyeṣāṃ svataḥprāmāṇyaprasiddhaye prayāseneti manyamānaḥ śābdasya pramāṇasya svataḥprāmāṇyaṃ pratipādayannāha nityam ityādi /
For this entire undertaking is aimed at establishing the validity of Vedic injunction, and when the intrinsic validity of verbal cognition as a pramāṇa is established, the validity of Vedic injunction becomes automatically established; [thus] thinking "what need is there for our effort to establish the intrinsic validity of other [pramāṇas]?", [the author] proceeds to establish the intrinsic validity of verbal cognition, saying "nityam" etc.