abhidheyadvāreṇaiva hi tadabhidhāyinoḥ śabdayor viśeṣyaviśeṣaṇabhāva upacaryate abhidheye ca tasyāsambhave satyabhidhāne 'pi kutas tadāropaḥ //
Indeed, the relation of qualifier and qualified is attributed to words that express [meanings] only through what is denoted; hence when that [relation] is impossible in what is denoted, how can there be any attribution of it even in expression?