bhāvatkapitṛśabdasya śravaṇādiha sadmani // anyathānupapattyaiva śabdadīpādivastuṣu / apakṣadharmabhāve 'pi dṛṣṭā jñāpakatāpi ca //
In the case of words, lamps and such things, it is found that they are indicative [of things] through the character of 'being otherwise impossible' [anyathānupapatti], even though they do not reside in the subject [pakṣa].