udyotakarastvāha kṣaṇika iti matvarthīyānupapattiḥ tathā hi yadi niruktanyāyena kṣayaḥ kṣaṇaḥ so 'syāstīti kṣaṇika iti bodhyate tatra yuktaṃ kālabhedāt yadā hi kṣayo na tadā kṣayīti bhinnakālayor na matvarthīyo dṛṣṭaḥ /
Uddyotakara says: "There is an impossibility regarding the possessive suffix [-ika] in [the word] 'kṣaṇika'. For if according to the Nirukta method 'kṣaṇa' [means] 'destruction' [and] 'kṣaṇika' is understood as 'that which has it', this is not proper due to the time difference, since when there is destruction, the thing being destroyed [does not exist], and the possessive suffix is not seen [to be used] between things of different times."