yeṣāṃ khaṃ śrotram iti pakṣas teṣām ekatvād vibhutvāc ca nabhasaḥ sarvaśabdais tulyā prāptir iti dūrasthasyāpi śabdasya grahaṇaṃ prāpnoti /
For those who hold the view that ākāśa is the auditory organ, due to the oneness and all-pervasiveness of ākāśa, there would be equal contact with all sounds, and thus even distant sounds would be grasped.