kiṃ tarhi prāgbhāvinī ye sāntarajātāvasthe tato viśiṣṭe ye nirantarotpannevastunī te eva saṃyuktaśabdavācye avasthāviśeṣe prasādhitatvāt saṃyogaśabdasya /
Rather, those two substances which were previously in a state separated by an interval, [and] which then became qualified by arising in contact, those very [substances] are denoted by the word "conjoined," since the word "conjunction" has been established [to refer to] that particular state.