prātipadikagrahaṇam kimartham .
uccaiḥ nīcaiḥ iti āpi yathā syāt .
kim punaḥ atra prathamayā prārthyate .
padatvam .
na etat asti .ṣaṣṭhyā atra padatvam bhaviṣyati .
idam tarhi prayojanam .
grāmaḥ ucaiḥ te svam .
grāmaḥ uccaiḥ tava svam .
sapūrvāyāḥ prathamāyāḥ vibhāṣā iti eṣaḥ vidhiḥ yathā syāt .
atha liṅgagrahaṇam kimartham .
strī pumān napuṃsakam iti ata api yathā syāt .
na etat asti prayojanam .
eṣaḥ eva atra prātipadikārthaḥ .
idam tarhi .
kumārī vṛkṣaḥ kuṇḍam iti .
atha parimāṇagrahaṇam kimartham .
droṇaḥ khārī āḍhakam iti atra api yathā syāt .
atha vacanagrahaṇam kimartham .
iha samudāye vākyaparisamāptiḥ dṛśyate .
tat yathā .
gargāḥ śatam daṇḍyantām iti .
arthinaḥ ca rājānaḥ hiraṇyena bhavanti na ca pratyekam daṇḍayanti .
sati etasmin dṛṣṭānte yatra etāni samuditāni bhavanti tatra eva syāt .
droṇaḥ khārī āḍhakam iti .
iha na syāt .
kumārī vṛkṣaḥ kuṇḍam iti .
na etat asti prayojanam .
pratyekam api vākyaparisamāptiḥ dṛśyate .
tat yathā vṛddhiguṇasañjñe pratyekam bhavataḥ .
idam tarhi prayojanam ukteṣu api ekatvādiṣu prathamā yathā syāt .
ekaḥ dvau bahavaḥ iti .
atha mātragrahaṇam kimartham .
etanmātre eva prathamā yathā syāt karmādiviśiṣṭe mā bhūt iti .
kaṭam karoti .
na etat asti prayojanam .
karmādiṣu dvitīyādyāḥ vibhaktayaḥ tāḥ karmādiviśiṣṭe bādhikāḥ bhaviṣyanti .
atha vā ācāryapravṛttiḥ jñāpayati na karmādiviśiṣṭe prathamā bhavati iti yat ayam sambodhane prathamām śāsti .
na etat asti jñāpakam .
asti hi anyat etasya vacane prayojanam .
kim .
sā āmantritam iti vakṣyāmi iti .
yat tarhi yogavibhāgam karoti .
itarathā hi sambodhane āmantritam iti eva brūyāt .
idam tarhi ukteṣu api ekatvādiṣu prathamā yathā syāt .
ekaḥ dvau bahavaḥ iti .
vacanagrahaṇasya api etat prayojanam uktam .
anyatarat śakyam akartum .