anyo hi jñāpakadharmo 'nyaścotpādakasya, śabdas tu dhūmavadarthasya jñāpakona tu bījādivad utpādaka ityadoṣaḥ //
For the nature of an indicator is different from [that] of a producer; words, like smoke, are indicators of meaning, not producers like seeds - hence there is no fault.