kathaṃ punaḥ kārakādipadaṃ nirupākhye śakyaṃ niyoktumityāha saṅketamātrabhāvinya ityādi /
[Someone asks:] "How can terms like 'kāraka' be applied to that which is without characteristics?" [The answer] is stated [in the words] beginning with "based solely on convention."