yathā ghaṭādeḥ satyapyanityatve jātyāśrayeṇa vyavahāraḥ siddhyati tathā ānupūrvyāder anityatve 'pi setsyati //
Just as in the case of a jar and other [things], even though they are non-eternal, usage is established through dependence on jāti ['universal'], similarly [usage] will be established even in the case of the non-eternality of sequence [of letters] and other [properties].