tathā hi ghaṭanā kriyamāṇā spṛtyaiva kriyate, nendriyajñānena, tasya vastusannidhānabalabhāvino 'tītārthagrahaṇasāmarthyāt /
For such combination is accomplished only through memory, not through sense-perception, since the latter functions only through the force of the object's presence and cannot grasp past objects.