yadeva hi śābde jñāne pratibhāsate sa eva śabdārtho yuktaḥ, na cātra prasajyapratiṣedhādhyavasāyo 'sti na cāpīndriyajñānavastvalakṣaṇapratibhāsaḥ, kiṃ tarhi---/
That alone which appears in verbal cognition should be regarded as the denotation of words; and in this [verbal cognition] there is neither an apprehension of absolute negation nor an appearance of specific individuality [as found] in sense-cognition; rather—