śabdo varṇasvabhāvaḥ, tasyārthaḥ sāmānyaṃ, tayor anāditvāt sambandho 'pi śaktilakṣaṇo 'nādireva, śakter bhāvāvyatirekāditi bhāvaḥ / tathā sambandhakaraṇasyopāyābhāvena sambandhākaraṇamanumīyate /
The word consists of letters by nature; its meaning is the universal; since both of these are beginningless, their relationship too, characterized by [denotative] power, is indeed beginningless, as power is non-different from the entity [it belongs to]. Thus, due to the absence of means for creating the relationship, the non-creation of the relationship is inferred.