yadi cāsyāḥ kalpanāyā asattvaṃ syāt tadā sā śabdārthavyavasthā īdṛśyapi bhrāntāpi na sambhavet tadabhiprāyavaśāt tasyāvyavasthānāt /
If this conceptual content were non-existent, then that word-object connection, even as it appears [and] even though illusory, would not be possible, because it depends on that [conceptual content's] intention [and] because of its non-establishment.