lakṣyate 'neneti lakṣaṇam, na lakṣaṇam alakṣaṇam, upalakṣaṇaṃ na bhavatītyarthaḥ /
[The word] "lakṣaṇa" [means] "that by which something is indicated"; "alakṣaṇa" [means] "not an indicator"; the meaning is that it cannot serve as an indication.