vācyatvenāṅgīkriyamāṇe 'nīlādibhedānām utpalādīnāṃ nīlādiśabdair vyāptirākṣepo durlabhaḥ kiṃ kāraṇam/ paratantratvānnīlādiśabdasya, sa hi vyāvṛttyupasarjanaṃ tadvantamarthamāha na sākṣāt /
When an entity possessing apoha is accepted as what is to be expressed, the indication of the concomitance of various non-blue things like lotuses by words like "blue" would be difficult to obtain. Why? Because words like "blue" are dependent [on something else], for they express an object as subordinate to exclusion, not directly.