yadyevaṃ samuccayajñānam evārthapratītihetuḥ syāt, na te varṇāḥ, teṣāṃ ciraniruddhatvāt, na caitad yuktam, yasmācchabdād anataram arthapratītir bhavantītyākumārametat pratītam ityāśaṅkyāha tadārūḍhā ityādi /
[One might object:] "If this is so, then the cumulative cognition alone would be the cause of meaning-comprehension, not those letters, since they have long ceased to exist. But this is not reasonable, because it is well-known even to children that comprehension of meaning occurs immediately after the word." Anticipating this [objection], he states "tadārūḍhā" etc.