nanu ca svakāraṇasya niyāmakatvānnātiprasaṅgo bhaviṣyati, tathā hi saṃskṛtaśrotrasamanantarapratyayādibhyaḥ samutpadyamānaṃ śabdabodhātmakamevotpadyate na rasādibodhātmakam, kāraṇaśaktipratiniyamāt /
[The opponent says:] "Since its own cause serves as a restricting factor, there will be no over-extension, for that which arises from the immediate conditions following the embellished Auditory Organ arises only as the cognition of Sound, not as the cognition of taste etc., due to the specific restriction of causal efficacy."