yathaiva hi candra ityekavacanaṃ nakṣatrāṇīti bahuvacanaṃ candranakṣatrāṇāṃ bhedanibandhanamupalabhyate, tathātrāpi pṛthivītyekavacanaṃ rūparasagandhasparśā iti bahuvacanaṃ /
Just as the singular [in] "moon" and the plural [in] "stars" are understood as the basis for difference between moon and stars, similarly here too [we have] the singular [in] "earth" and the plural [in] "color-taste-smell-touch."