tenedam eva svalakṣaṇādirūpamapohaṃ dṛṣṭvā śabdo lokena prayujyate, natu sāmānyaṃ vastubhūtaṃ, tasyāsattvādapratibhāsanāc ca /
Therefore, it is upon seeing this very apoha in the form of svalakṣaṇa and so forth that words are used by people, not upon [seeing] a universal as a real entity, because of its non-existence and non-manifestation.