varṇebhyo bhinno yaḥ śabdātmā tadābhaṃ yajjñānaṃ tadanantarabhāvinī na vidyate, kiṃ tarhi varṇavijñānānantarabhāvinī, ato nāsiddho hetuḥ
The cognition appearing as a verbal entity distinct from the letters [and] following immediately after it does not exist; rather, [what exists is] the cognition following immediately after the cognition of letters. Hence the reason is not inadmissible.