vivakṣā ca vaktṛsantānavartinī tasyā eva vivakṣāyā anumitiś ca śrotṛsantānagateti vivakṣānumitī tābhyāṃ śliṣṭaḥ --- sambaddhaḥ tat pratibhāsītyarthaḥ
The intention to speak exists in the continuum of the speaker, and the inference of that very intention exists in the continuum of the hearer; [the form] that is connected with these two -- that is, which appears [in them] -- [is what is meant].