arthāpattipūrvikeyam arthāpattis tathā hi śabdasya vācakasāmarthyaṃ śābdajñānānyathānupapattyā siddham, tadapi sāmarthyaṃ śabdanityatvam antareṇānupapannm ityarthāpattipūrvikeyam arthāpattiḥ /
This presumption is based on [another] presumption: the expressive power of words is established through the impossibility of verbal cognition otherwise, and that power is impossible without the eternality of words.