prathamaṃ yathāsthitavastvanubhavas tato vivakṣā tatas tālvādiparispandastataḥ śabda ityevaṃ paramparayā yadā śabdasya vastubhir bāhyair agnādibhiḥ sambandhaḥ syāt tadā tasmin sambandhe sati vijātīyavyāvṛttasyāpi vastuno 'rthāpattito 'dhigamo bhavati /
First there is the experience of the object as it exists, then the desire to speak, then the movement of the palate etc., then the word - when there is such an indirect connection of the word with external objects like fire etc., then, when this connection exists, there occurs the understanding through presumption of the object as excluded from heterogeneous [things].