apica cādīnāṃ nipātopasargakarmapravacanīyānāṃ padatvam iṣṭam nacaiṣāṃ naṭā sambandho 'styasattvavacanatvāt /
Moreover, particles like "ca" – that is, nipātas [indeclinables], upasargas [prefixes], and karmapravacanīyas [prepositions] – are accepted as words, yet these cannot have any connection with [the particle] "na" since [such a combination] would not express any [real] existence.