nityasyāpi sambandhasyārthapratipattihetutvaṃ na dṛṣṭam iti samānam hastakampādīnām anityatve 'pi pratipādakatvaṃ dṛṣṭam ityadṛṣṭam asiddham /
[The fact that] even an eternal relation has never been observed to be the cause of meaning-cognition is similar [to the opposite argument]; moreover, gestures of the hand and such, even though non-eternal, are actually observed to be expressive [of meaning] – thus [the argument of] non-observation is inadmissible.