yaduktam "sambandhākaraṇānyāyād vaktavyā vākyanityatā" iti, tatrāha sambandhasya ca nityatvaṃ pratiṣiddhaṃ purā tataḥ
[Regarding] what was said [by the opponent]: "The eternality of sentences must be asserted following the same reasoning as [that of] the relationship [between word and meaning]" - to this [the author] replies: "The eternality of the relationship was refuted earlier, therefore [this argument fails]."