ye saṅketasavyapekṣās te 'rthaśūnyābhijalpāhitavāsanāmātranirmitavikalpapratibimbakamātrāvadyotakāḥ, yathā vandhyāputrādiśabdāḥ kalpitārthābhidhāyinaḥ, saṅketasavyapekṣāś ca sasaṃśayā vivādāspadībhūtā ghaṭādayaḥ śabdā iti svabhāvahetuḥ
Words that depend upon convention are expressive of only the reflection of conceptual content produced by impressions made by objectless verbal expressions—like words such as "son of a barren woman" which express imaginary things—and the words under dispute such as "pot" etc. depend upon convention; this is a natural reason [for the thesis].