nahi vācyair vastubhiḥ saha kaścit tādātmyalakṣaṇas tadutpattilakṣaṇo vā pratibandho vacasām asti, yena tāni vastūni pratipādayatām eṣāṃ vacasāṃ prāmāṇyaṃ syāt
Indeed, there exists no connection between words and the things denoted, whether of identity or of origination, by virtue of which these words expressing those objects would have validity.