kiñca nityaṃ śaktyutpattiprasaṅgaḥ, taddhetoḥ śrotrasya nityatvāt, na cātupakāryasya sahakāryapekṣā kācit //
Moreover, there would be the contingency of the potency being produced constantly, because its cause, the auditory organ, is eternal; and that which does not need to be assisted cannot have any dependence on auxiliaries.