mūrttaṃ darvyam avadhiṃ kṛtvā mūrteṣveva dravyeṣu tasmād idaṃ pūrveṇa, dakṣiṇena, paścimena uttareṇa, pūrvadakṣiṇena, dakṣiṇāpareṇa, aparottareṇa uttarapūrveṇa, adhastād upariṣṭād iti daśa pratyayā amī yato bhavanti sa digiti
Taking a corporeal substance as the reference point, there arise with respect to [other] corporeal substances these ten notions [such as] "this [is] to the east, to the south, to the west, to the north, to the southeast, to the southwest, to the northwest, to the northeast, below [and] above of that" - that [entity] from which [these arise] is Space.