yathā sūryamasya cakṣur gamayatād iti vākyena tejaḥprakṛtivijñānam uktam, cakṣuṣa ityadhyāhāraḥ, tathā śrotraṃ digātmakam uktaṃ diśaḥ śrotram ityanenavākyenetyevaṃ padānāṃ sambandhaḥ kāryaḥ /
Just as the sentence "may his eye return to the sun" expresses knowledge of [its] light-nature - where "of the eye" must be supplied - similarly the sentence "may the ear [return] to space" expresses that the ear consists of space - this is how the words should be connected.