nityaśabdamayatve nityaśabdasvabhāvatve; jagataḥ śabdaḥ svarūpaṃ cedbhāvānām api nityatvaṃ prāpnoti /
If [things] consisted of eternal sound - that is, if [they] had the nature of eternal sound, if sound constitutes the very essence of the world - then the entities too would necessarily be eternal;