yadi tajjñānajñeyasvabhāvaḥ śabdaḥ syāt, tadā sarvakālaṃ śabdarūpavattadvijñānasyāpi nityatvaṃ syāt tadvijñeyasvabhāvānuvṛtteḥ
If the Word-Sound has the nature of being cognized by its cognition, then like the Word-Sound itself, its cognition too would be eternal, because the nature of being cognizable by it persists at all times.