syād etad yadi vidhirūpaḥ śabdārtho 'bhyupagamyate, kathaṃ tarhi hetumukhe lakṣaṇakāreṇāsambhavo vidher ityuktamityata āha asambhava ityādi / asambhavo vidher uktaḥ sāmānyāderasambhavāt /
This might be [objected]: "If positive word-meaning is accepted, then why did the Lakṣaṇakāra speak of the 'impossibility of the positive' in the Hetumukha?" To this [we] say: The impossibility of the positive was stated due to the impossibility of universals and such.