yathā śastrādibhiśchedād vināśaṃ pratipadyante ghaṭādayo jarayā vā, naivaṃ śabde 'sti kāraṇam / katham---, amūrtattvāt, ghaṭādīnāṃ ca mūrttatvād iti bhāvaḥ //2139 //
Just as jars and such things undergo destruction either through cutting by weapons or through decay, no such cause exists for word. Why? Because [word] is incorporeal, while jars and such things are corporeal - this is the meaning.