athavā anyathā nirviṣayatvaṃ sādhyate / yatraiva hi kṛtasamayā dhvanayaḥ, sa eva teṣām artho yukto nānyo 'tiprasaṅgāt /
Or, [we can] prove the objectlessness [of verbal cognitions] in another way: Only that can be their proper meaning where words have been fixed by convention; nothing else [can be their meaning], as [accepting anything else] would lead to absurd consequences.