tathā hi nityeṣvapyabhivyaktyanabhivyaktyavasthāśrayeṇānityavyapadeśa iṣṭa eva / evaṃ tāvad anityaḥ śabda ityeṣā pratijñā vistareṇa dūṣitā, idānīm aindriyakatvādityasya hetor doṣamudbhāvayann āha kevalaindriyetyādi /
Indeed, even for eternal [things], the designation "non-eternal" is accepted with reference to the states of manifestation and non-manifestation. Thus far the thesis "sound is non-eternal" has been refuted in detail. Now, [the author], revealing the fault in the reason "because it is perceptible by the senses", states [the verse beginning with] "kevalaindriya-".