yathoktam nārthaśabdaviśeṣasya vācyavācakateṣyate / tasya pūrvam adṛṣṭatvāt sāmānyaṃ tūpadekṣyate //
As it has been said: "Neither particular objects nor particular words can be denoted or denotative, because they were not seen before; rather, the universal will be explained [as being denoted]."