yathā valmīke dharmiṇi kumbhakārakṛtatvasiddhaye mṛdvikāramātraṃ hetutvenopādīyamānam iti samudāyārthaḥ /
As for instance, when "being merely a modification of clay" is put forward as a reason to establish [the property of] "being made by a potter" for the subject anthill - such is the meaning of this whole [passage].