ekakāryopayogitvajñāpanāya pṛthakśrutau / gauravāśaktivaiphalyadoṣatyāgābhivāñchayā // sākalyenābhidhānena vyavahārasya lāghavam / manyamānaiḥ kṛtā yeṣu vāgekā vyavahartṛbhiḥ // tebhyaḥ samānakālastu paṭo naiva prasiddhyati /
To indicate their serving a single purpose, if [the threads] were mentioned separately, then desiring to avoid the defects of prolixity, inability and futility, thinking there would be simplicity of usage through collective designation, speakers have created a single word for them—but the cloth simultaneous with those [threads] is not established.