yadi nāma śabdamātram asti syād vādādīnām aviparītārthānāṃ sarvārthavyāpinām upadeṣṭṛtvāditi, tathāpi tasya vastupratibaddhasya hetuvastuno hetvarthasyābhāvānnāsau hetur anyasya kapilāder upatiṣṭhate vastveva hi vastupratibaddhatvād vastu gamayati na śabdamātram //
Even if the mere verbal expression of the reason might exist [in the form] "because [they are] teachers of the Syādvāda and other doctrines which are true and all-pervading," nevertheless, due to the absence of that essential factor of the reason which is bound to reality, that reason does not apply to Kapila and others; for only a real thing, being bound to reality, leads to [knowledge of] a real thing, not mere words.