आस्ते विज्ञानरूपत्वे स शब्दोऽर्थविवक्षया ।
मध्यमा कथ्यते सैव बिन्दुनादमरुत्क्रमात् ॥६॥
āste vijñānarūpatve sa śabdo'rthavivakṣayā |
madhyamā kathyate saiva bindunādamarutkramāt
— it abides; — in the state of being pure cognition; — that; — Word; — through the wish to express a meaning; — the Madhyamā (Middling speech); — is called; — that very (Word); — through the successive stages of point, resonance, and breath
That Word abides in the state of pure cognition; through the wish to express a meaning, by the successive stages of point (bindu), resonance (nāda), and breath (marut), it is then called Madhyamā (Middling speech).