kim ṣaṣṭhīnirdiṣṭam ajgrahaṇam anuvartate utāho na .

kim ca ataḥ .

yadi anuvartate halsvaraprāptau vyañjanam avidyamānavat iti paribhāṣā na prakalpate .

katham halaḥ nāma svaraprāptiḥ syāt .

evam tarhi nivṛttam .

bahūni etasyāḥ paribhāṣāyāḥ prayojanāni .

atha prathamānirdiṣṭam ajgrahaṇam anuvartate utāho na .

kim ca arthaḥ anuvṛttyā .

bāḍham arthaḥ yadi ete vyañjanasya api guṇāḥ lakṣyante .

nanu ca pratyakṣam upalabhyante : iṣe tvā ūrje tvā .

na ete vyañjanasya guṇāḥ .

acaḥ ete guṇāḥ .

tatsāmīpyāt tu vyañjanam api tadguṇam upalabhyate .

tat yathā .

dvayoḥ raktayoḥ vastrayoḥ madhye śuklam vastram tadguṇam upalabhyate badarapiṭake riktakaḥ lohakaṃsaḥ tadguṇaḥ upalabhyate .

kutaḥ nu khalu etat acaḥ ete guṇāḥ .

tatsāmīpyāt tu vyañjanam api tadguṇam upalabhyate iti .

na punaḥ vyañjanasya ete guṇāḥ syuḥ .

tatsāmīpyāt tu ac api tadguṇaḥ upalabhyate iti .

antareṇa api vyañjanam acaḥ eva ete guṇāḥ lakṣyante .

na punaḥ antareṇa acam vyañjanasya uccāraṇam api bhavati .

anvartham khalu api nirvacanam : svayam rājante svarāḥ .

anvak bhavati vyañjanam iti .