te hi sphoṭāṃśāḥ pratyekamanarthakā vā syuḥ sārthakā vā / prathame pakṣe kramabhāvitvād varṇātsa{tma ---}vadapratipādakatvaprasaṅgaḥ /
For those parts of sphoṭa would either be meaningless individually or meaningful. In the first case, because they occur in sequence like letters, [there would be] the undesirable consequence of [their] being non-expressive.