padāni - words; tu - but; agata-arthāni - having an unclear meaning; tat - that; artha-gataye - to understand the meaning; narāḥ - men; yojayanti - join; padaiḥ - with words; anyaiḥ - other; saḥ - that; udghātyakaḥ - udghātyaka; ucyate - is called.

“ ‘To explain an unclear word, men generally join it with other words. Such an attempt is called udghātyaka.’ ”