na hi nindā nindayituṁ prayujyate
na hi nindā nindayituṁ prayujyate | kiṁ tarhi? ninditād itarat praśaṁsitum |
(Śabara-bhāṣya on Mīmāṁsā-sūtra: 2.4.21)
“The criticism (nindā) is not employed to criticize. Then what [is it employed for]? To praise something other than that which is criticized.”