tasmād ityādinopasaṃhṛtya vināpi sphoṭenārthapratipatter upapattikramaṃ darśayati / tasmāt pratyakṣataḥ pūrvaṃ kramajñāneṣu yat padam / samastavarṇavijñānaṃ tadarthajñānakāraṇam //
Having concluded with "therefore" etc., [the author] shows the sequence of proof for comprehension of meaning even without sphoṭa: "Therefore, the word which [appears] in sequential cognitions after direct perception, [as] the cognition of all letters together - that is the cause of the cognition of meaning."