śrotrasaṃskāre 'pi na doṣa iti pratipādayati athāpīti / athāpīndriyasaṃskāraḥ so 'pyadhiṣṭhānadeśataḥ / śabdaṃ na śroṣyati śrotraṃ tenāsaṃskṛtaśaṣkuli //
[The text] explains that there is no defect even in the modification of the auditory organ: "Even if there is modification of the sense organ, that too [occurs] through the location of the substratum; the auditory organ whose ear-drum is not modified will not hear sound."