evaṃ yathācotpalaśrutiranarthiko tathānyeṣāmapyanityādiśabdānāṃ prayogo 'narthakaḥ prāpnoti
Just as the utterance of [the word] 'utpala' would be meaningless, so too would the use of other words like 'anitya' [non-eternal] become pointless.