yadi hi nityaikanabhodravyasamavetā amī syuḥ, tadā sakṛdutpannānekaśabdavadatatkālā api śabdā abhimata eva kāle syuḥ, avikālakāraṇatvāt, ekāśrayatvācca /
For if these [sounds] were inherent in the eternal, single substance ākāśa, then just like multiple sounds produced simultaneously, even sounds [produced] at different times would exist at the intended time, because their cause would be unchanging and because they would have the same substrate.