yaścāpi śabdasyārthena saha vācyavācakabhāvalakṣaṇaḥ sambandhaḥ prasiddho nāsau kāryakāraṇabhāvād anyo 'vatiṣṭhate, apitu kāryakāraṇabhāvātmaka eveti darśayati tadrūpapratibimbasyetyādi /
And that well-known relation characterized as denoted-denotative which [exists] between word and meaning does not exist as different from the cause-effect relationship, but rather is of the nature of cause and effect itself—this is shown [in the phrase beginning with] "tadrūpapratibimbasya."