nanu ca yadi hiśabdo jñānotpattau kāraṇamiṣṭaḥ syāt tadā tatra tasya yogyāyogyavikalpo 'vatāraṃ labheta, yāvatā śrotram eva saṃskṛtaṃ śabdopalabdhau kāraṇam iṣyate na śabdaḥ, tena na bhavati yathoktadoṣaprasaṅga ityetad āgūryapariharann āha śabdasyetyādi /
[The opponent says:] "If indeed the Word-Sound were accepted as a cause in the production of cognition, then there might be scope for considering whether it is capable or incapable; however, it is only the embellished Auditory Organ that is accepted as the cause in the apprehension of Sound, not the Sound [itself]; therefore the previously mentioned fault does not arise" - responding to this objection, [the author] says "śabdasya" etc.