nanu ca ghaṭādyārambhakā iva paramāṇavo varṇanām api sūkṣmabhāgāḥ santi, yathāhuḥ ---"varṇānām api varṇaturīyā bhāgā" iti /
[The opponent says:] "But just as atoms are the constituents of jars and such things, letters too have subtle parts, as they [the grammarians] say: 'Letters also have parts, of which letters themselves are the fourth stage.'"