tena tadevārthapratibimbakaṃ śābde jñāne sākṣāt tadātmatayā pratibhāsanācchabdārtho yukto nānya iti bhāvaḥ /
Therefore, only that reflection of the object which appears directly in verbal cognition as identical with it can properly be the denotation of the word, nothing else—this is the meaning.