yathoktaṃ bhāṣye ---" uccaritamātre hi vinaṣṭe śabde nacānyo 'nyānarthaṃ pratyāyayituṃ śaknuyād ato na paramārthamuccāryeta /
As stated in the Bhāṣya: "For if a word were to perish as soon as uttered, then no one could convey anything to another, and therefore [a word] could not be meaningfully uttered."