yadyevaṃ kathaṃ tarhi śabdārthatvamastyarthamātrasya mataṃ yāvatā gavādiviśeṣaḥ pratipādyo 'styevetyāśaṅkya paraḥ parihāram āha viṣāṇākṛtītyādi /
"If that is so, then how can the denotation of the word be said to consist in mere being, when such particulars as 'cow' etc. are also meant to be denoted?" — [thinking thus], the opponent gives [his] answer beginning with 'horns and form'."