tathāsoḥ ātmanepadavacanam .

tathāsoḥ ātmanepadasya grahaṇam kartavyam .

ātmanepadam yau tathāsau iti vaktavyam .

ekavacanagrahaṇam vā .

atha vā ekavacane ye tathāsī iti vaktavyam .

tat ca avaśyam anyatarat kartavyam .

avacane hi aniṣṭaprasaṅgaḥ .

anucyamāne hi etasmin aniṣṭam prasajyeta .

ataniṣṭa yūpam .

asaniṣṭa yūpam iti .

tat tarhi vaktavyam .

na vaktavyam .

yadi api tāvat ayam taśabdaḥ dṛṣṭāpacāraḥ asti ātmanepadam asti eva parasmaipadam asti ekavacanam asti bahuvacanam ayam khalu thāsśabdaḥ adṛṣṭāpacāraḥ ātmanepadam ekavacanam eva .

tasya asya kaḥ anyaḥ sahāyaḥ bhavitum arhati anyat ataḥ ātmanepadāt ekavacanāt ca .

tat yathā asyas goḥ dvitīyena arthaḥ iti .

gauḥ eva ānīyate na aśvaḥ na gardabhaḥ .