tathā hi prathamataraṃ tāvad bhedaviṣayam anubhavajñānam utpadyate, tasmin utpanne saṅketakaraṇecchā jāyate tataś cecchātas tasya saṅketasya kṛtiḥ karaṇam, tatas tasyaiva vyavahārakāle śrutiḥ śravaṇam, asyāś ca śruteḥ sakāśād uttarakālam ābhogo yathā śrutasaṅketaviṣayaḥ, tataś cābhogāt teṣv eva bhedeṣu tadadhyavasāyena pravṛtter ghaṭa ityādikā matir udayam āsādayati /
For first, there arises experiential knowledge having difference as its object; when that has arisen, the desire to make a convention is born; then from that desire comes the making of that convention; then at the time of usage [comes] the hearing of that very [convention]; and from that hearing [comes] subsequently the mental impression having the heard convention as its object; and then from that mental impression, through determination, arises the cognition "pot" etc. with respect to those very differences.