tat adhyavasitabahirbhāvatvalakṣaṇaṃ rūpam svabhāvo yasya tat tathoktam, tadrūpaṃ ca tat pratibimbaṃ ceti samāsaḥ, tasya tadrūpapratibimbasya dhiyaḥ sambandhinaḥ śabdājjanmanyutpāde sati sa vācyavācakalakṣaṇo nirūpyamāṇaḥ kāryakāraṇabhāvātmaka eva jātaḥ /
When the arising of cognition related to that reflection-in-that-form (wherein "that form" means that whose nature is characterized by apprehended externality, and the compound means "that form and that reflection") has occurred from the word, that relationship characterized as denoted-denotative, upon examination, has arisen as being of the nature of cause and effect only.