yadi ca utpalaśabdaḥ saṃśayavyavacchedāyaiva vyāpriyate na dravyapratipattaye na tarhi vidhiḥ śabdārthaḥ syāt utpalaśabdena bhrāntisamāropitākāravyavacchedamātrasyaiva pratipādanāt
And if the word 'utpala' functions only to exclude doubt and not to denote a substance, then a positive entity would not be the meaning of the word, since the word 'utpala' would only serve to exclude an erroneously superimposed form.