vyañjakabhedo hi dhvanau śabde bhedavibhramanimittam upavarṇyate, naca nityasya kasyacid vyañjako 'sti, tasya tatrākiñcitkaratvāt, nacākurvan kañcid viśeṣaṃ tasya vyañjako yukto 'tiprasaṅgāt /
With regard to dhvani [i.e., word-sound], the diversity of manifesters is said to be the cause of the illusion of diversity in the sound itself. For nothing eternal can have a manifester, since [a manifester] can have no effect on what is eternal, and if it produces no specific effect, it cannot logically be its manifester, as [this would lead to] an undesirable consequence.