सिंहावलोकितं चैव मण्डूकप्लुतमेव च ।
गङ्गाप्रवाहवच्चापि अधिकारास्त्रिधा मतः ॥
siṁhāvalokitaṁ caiva maṇḍūka-plutam eva ca |
gaṅgā-pravāhavac cāpi adhikārās tridhā mataḥ ||
(Unknown source)
“Adhikāras are considered to be of three types: (1) like a lion’s glance [i.e., extending backwards to sūtras that precede], (2) like a frog’s leap [i.e., sometimes skipping certain sūtras], and (3) like the flow of the Ganges [i.e., extending forward to sūtras that follow].”