bhāṣyakṛtāpi śabareṇoktam "vāyavīyāḥ saṃyogavibhāgā apratyakṣasya vāyoḥ karṇaśaṣkulīpradeśāt prādurbhavanto nopalabhyanta" iti
Śabara, the author of the Bhāṣya, has also stated that "the aerial Conjunctions and Disjunctions arising from the region of the ear-drum, [being properties] of imperceptible Air, are not perceived"