athāpi syād abhivyaktikramas tarhi vākyaṃ bhaviṣyatītyāha nacetyādi / naca vyaktikramo vākyaṃ nitye vyaktiniṣedhanāt /
[If] it might be argued that "the sentence shall consist in the sequential order of manifestation [of letters]," [the author] states "nor..." etc. The sequence of manifestation cannot constitute the sentence, because manifestation is denied in what is eternal.