tatra vidhivādinaś codayanti yadi bhavatāṃ dravyaguṇakarmasāmānyaviśeṣasamavāyalakṣaṇā upādhayo viśeṣaṇāni śabdapratyayaṃ prati nimittāni paramārthato na santi, tat kathaṃ loke daṇḍītyabhidhānapratyayāḥ pravartante dravyādyupādhinimittāḥ
On this point, the Realists object: "If according to you there ultimately do not exist qualifying factors characterized as substance, quality, action, universal, particular and inherence as grounds for verbal cognition, then how do verbal expressions and cognitions like 'stick-bearer' arise in the world based on adjuncts like substance etc.?"