आगमे विश्वासटिप्पन्यः

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अर्थशून्याभिजल्पोत्थवासनामात्रनिर्मितम् ।
प्रतिबिम्बं यदाभाति तच्छब्दैः प्रतिपाद्यते ॥ १२०४ ॥

arthaśūnyābhijalpotthavāsanāmātranirmitam |
pratibimbaṃ yadābhāti tacchabdaiḥ pratipādyate || 1204 ||

What is expressed by words is only the reflection that appears, as created solely by impressions made by objectless (empty) conceptions.—(1204)

Kamalaśīla

‘Words’—like ‘Son of the Barren Woman’.—(1204)

Those words however that relate to entities, denote only the Reflection;—the formal proof for this is stated in the following—[see verse 1205 next]