athāpi syād yathā pratiniyatajñānotpādanasamarthaḥ śabda utpadyate bhavatāṃ tathā [p.693] smākam api saṃskārapratiniyamo bhaviṣyati, tena dūrasthair na gamyata iti /
It might be argued: "Just as according to you [Buddhists], the word-sound is produced as capable of bringing about a specific restricted cognition, similarly for us also there will be restriction regarding the embellishment, due to which [the sound] is not perceived by those standing at a distance."