na tāvad ādye 'rthe, kasmāt pratyakṣentargatiprāpteḥ śābdādīnām abhinnārthaviṣayatvāt /
[They] do not [apply] to the first type [i.e., perceptible objects]. Why? Because verbal testimony and other [means] would become included under perception, since they would have the same object.