vyañjakakramasya saṃsthiter niyatatvāt kecicchaṃno devīrityādayo niyatakramā eva pratīyante, atas te niyatakramayogino 'pauruṣeyā iṣṭāḥ, tadviparītāḥ sāmarthyāt pauruṣeyā iti siddham //
Since the sequence of manifesters is fixed, certain [expressions] like "śaṃno devīḥ" and others are recognized as having fixed sequence, therefore these [expressions] occurring in fixed sequence are accepted as non-human, [and] by implication their opposites are established as human.