etad uktaṃ bhavati śabdānām arthena saha sambandhābhāvān na tāvat sākṣād upayujyate, nāpi hetuvacanavat pāramparyeṇa, saktāsaṃsūcakatvād iti /
This means: Because words have no connection with objects, [the thesis] is neither directly useful, nor indirectly useful like the statement of the reason (hetu), because it does not indicate what is possible.