tatra bāhye na paramārthato 'bhidhānaṃ śabdaiḥ, kevalaṃ tadapyavasāyivikalpotpādādupacārād uktaṃ śabdo 'rthānāheti /
Among these, regarding external [objects], there is no denotation by words in the ultimate sense; it is only figuratively said that "words denote objects" because [words] produce conceptual cognition determining those [objects].