anumeyād utpannaṃ cedaṃ tatpratibaddhaliṅgadarśanadvārāyātaṃ liṅgijñānam ity evaṃ saṅketaviṣayakathanena samaye pravartanāt.
This cognition of the thing possessing the probandum [liṅgin] has arisen from the inferable [object] through the perception of the probans [liṅga] which is connected with it, [and this is understood] through the explanation of conventional usage.