vācakaṃ hi śabdam adhikṛtyaitaducyate na ca śrotrajñānāvaseyoḥ yaḥ svalakṣaṇātmāsādhāraṇaśabdo vācakaḥ /
This is said with reference to denotative words, and the unique word that is grasped by auditory cognition, having the nature of a particular, cannot be denotative.