anena tālvādisaṃyogādikramaḥ svajātyupalakṣito dhvaninirāsahetuḥ, dhvanikramo 'pi tālvādisaṃyogavibhāgakramapūrvakaḥ svajātyupalakṣito varṇābhivyaktikramaḥ nibandhanam, so 'pyarthapratīter ityuktaṃ bhavati /
Thus [what is meant is that] the sequence of palatal and other conjunctions, characterized by its own universal, is the cause of sound articulation, and the sequence of articulations, preceded by the sequence of palatal and other conjunctions and disjunctions [and] characterized by its own universal, is the cause of the sequence of letter manifestation, and that [in turn] is the cause of meaning comprehension.