tatrādye pakṣe yadetad deśakālādibhedena saṅketāntare kriyamāṇe sati dhvaneḥ śabdasyāpārthabodhakatvaṃ dṛṣṭam yathā kalimāryādiśabdānāṃ draviḍāryadeśayoryathākramamantakālavarṣopasargādyabhidhāyināṃ tan na prāpnoti, niyataśaktikatvāt /
In the first alternative, when a different convention is made based on differences of place and time, the observed capacity of a word to express different meanings - as in the case of words like "kali" and "mārya" which respectively denote "the end time" and "excess of rain" etc. in the lands of Draviḍas and Āryas - would not be possible, due to [the word] having a fixed potency.