yadi hi sthityādyāśrayā liṅgasthitir liṅgavyavasthā, tadā taṭaśṛṅkhalādivat sarvapadārtheṣvavibhāgena trīṇi liṅgāni prāpnuvanti, sarvatra taṭādivat sthityāder vidyamānatvāt
If the establishment and regulation of gender were based on continuance etc., then all three genders would apply indiscriminately to all things like [they do to] 'riverbank' (taṭa) and 'chain' (śṛṅkhalā), because [states of] continuance etc. exist everywhere just as [they do] in the case of riverbank etc.