athāpi syāt saṅketābhivyakta evāsāvarthapratītiheturiṣṭo na sattāmātreṇa, tena na bhavati yathoktadoṣaprasaṅga ity āha dhvanisaṅketavarṇair ityādi /
If one might argue that "this [sphoṭa] is accepted as the cause of meaning-comprehension only when manifested through convention, not by mere existence, therefore the aforementioned fault does not arise," [the author] responds with [the words] "through sound, convention, and letters" and so forth.