naca vāyusaṃyogas tasya vināśakāraṇamarvāgeva patanaprasaṅgādityuktam etatsarvatra vāyoraviśeṣeṇa tat saṃyogasyāpyaviśiṣṭatvād iti yatkiñcidetat //
The contact of air cannot be the cause of destruction of this [velocity], since [if it were], it would result in [the arrow] falling before [reaching its target], as stated before; since the air is uniformly [present] everywhere, and its contact [with the arrow] would also be uniform; thus this [explanation] is worthless.