naca nityasya vacaso 'rthavādatvaṃ yuktam anyābhiprāyadeśanā hyarthavādaḥ na cābhiprāyarahite vacasi vivakṣāmantareṇa sā yuktā //
It cannot be right to regard the eternal Word as mere arthavāda, because an arthavāda [statement] is [only valid] when some other meaning is intended; and in speech devoid of [such] intention, without a speaker desiring to express [something else], that [classification as arthavāda] is not possible.