tathā hi darśanajñānena sākṣād dhūmāder liṅgasya pratītir na tu śrotrajñānena, tena hi śabda eva sākṣād gṛhyate, naca śabdo dhūmavad bāhyasyārthasya liṅgaṃ vivakṣāpratibaddhasya bāhyena sambandhāsiddheḥ /
For instance, the cognition of the indicator such as smoke occurs directly through visual perception, not through auditory perception, since the latter directly grasps only the word, and the word is not an indicator of the external object as smoke is, because [the word] is dependent on the intention to speak and thus its relation with external [objects] is not established.