tathā hi sambandhapratipatter ayaṃ nyāyaḥ kumārilena varṇitaḥ yasmāt prathamaṃ tāvat pratyakṣeṇa śabdaṃ vṛddhaṃ ca śabdasyākhyātāram abhidyeyaṃ ca vācyaṃ vastu paśyati
For thus has Kumārila described this method of comprehending the relationship: first, through direct perception, one sees the word, the elder [who is] the utterer of the word, and the thing denoted [which is] the object to be expressed