yadi hi paramārthato bhinnam abhinnaṃ vā kiñcid vācyaṃ vastu śabdānāṃ syāttadāparyāyatā paryāyatā vā bhavet / yāvatā svalakṣaṇaṃ jātis tadyogo jātimaṃstathetyādinā varṇitaṃ yathaiṣāṃna kiñcid vācyamastīti //
If words had some real referent that was either different or non-different, then they could be either non-synonymous or synonymous; however, it has been explained [earlier] through [the discussion of] specific characteristics, universals, and [entities] possessing universals, that these [words] have no [real] referent whatsoever.