syād etat na yadeva nīlaguṇatajjātibhyāṃ sambaddhaṃ vastu tadevotpalaśabdenocyate, kiṃ tarhianyadeva, tenotpalaśrutir vyarthā na bhaviṣyatīti
[One] might object: "The thing that is connected with the quality blue and its universal is not exactly what is denoted by the word 'utpala', but rather something else, therefore the word 'utpala' will not be meaningless."