vividhāḥ nānāprakārāḥ arthakriyāḥ rūpādīnāṃ paryāyāṇāṃ samānāsamānabhedāt tatra samānā jalasaṃdhāraṇādilakṣaṇāḥ asamānā vastrarāgalocanādijñānotpādalakṣaṇāḥ tatra yogyāḥ samarthā iti vigrahaḥ /
The purposeful actions of successive factors like color are diverse [and] of various kinds, distinguished as similar and dissimilar; the similar [actions] are characterized by holding water and so forth, [while] the dissimilar [actions] are characterized by coloring cloth, producing visual cognition and so forth; [the successive factors] are capable of [performing] these [actions] - this is the analysis of the compound.