atra śābdikāścodayanti yadyeko nāsti sphoṭākhyaḥ śabdātmā tat kathaṃ gaurityekākārā gośabde buddhir bhavatīti, ata āha gaurityādi /
Here the grammarians raise an objection: "If there is no single entity called sphoṭa which is the essence of words, then how does a single unified cognition arise in the form of 'cow' when [hearing] the word 'go'?" Therefore [the author] states [the verse beginning with] "gaur."