sāmānyalakṣaṇarūpas tu yadyapi vācakas tathāpyasau jñānātmadharmo na bhavati / bāhyaparaśabdasvalakṣaṇaśrotrāvaseye tasya yojyamānatvāt na jñātmani /
Although the [word] in the form of the universal is expressive, nevertheless it cannot be a property of cognition, because it is connected with what is apprehended by hearing the particular of the external word, not with the nature of cognition.