nanu yathā ghaṭādīnāṃ tāvatkālaṃ sthirāṇām api mudgarādibhyaḥ paścād vināśas tathā śabdasyāpi bhaviṣyatītyāha sambhāvyate 'syetyādi /
[The opponent] says: "Just as jars and such things, though stable for such a long time, are later destroyed by hammers and such things, so too it will be for word" - thus [the author] states "Its destructibility..." etc.