After all the neti neti of Mandukya 7, this all-important positive line appears. Here are various translations:
whose valid proof consists in the single belief in the Self
~Gambhirananda
The essence of the Consciousness manifesting as the self [in the three states]
~Nikhilananda
As one whose essence is the perception of itself alone
~Olivelle
essentially of the Self alone
~Chinmayananda
Always experienced as the unbroken “I-sense,”
~Swartz
The only proof of His existence is union with Him
~Yeats & Purohit
The essence of the assurance of which is the state of being one with the Self
~Hume
Essence of self knowledge
~Raphael
The essence of its certainty is the one Self.
~Jones
Essentially one-pointed self-awareness,
~aumdada
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