samayo hi na sambandho naradharmatayā tayoḥ / dyotakaḥ sa tu tasyeti sambandhaḥ syān na mukhyataḥ //
Indeed, the convention as constituting the relationship does not belong to those two [word and meaning] but [exists] as a property of man; rather, [their] relationship is that one serves to manifest the other, and this [relationship] is not direct.