yaduktaṃ yathā ghaṭāer dīpādirabhivyañjaka iṣyata ityādi, tatredaṃ prathamaṃ śrokārthamupakṣipyaikena ślokena dvitīyādiślokair dūṣayann āha ghaṭādigrahaṇārthaṃ hītyādi / ghaṭādigrahaṇārthaṃ hi yathā vyaktiṃ niyacchati /
As for what has been stated [by the Mīmāṃsaka] that "just as a lamp is considered the manifester of a jar" and so forth, [the author] first presents the meaning of [this] verse and then refutes it with subsequent verses, saying "for the purpose of perceiving jars and other [objects]" and so forth.