athāpi syāt yathā śrotrādijñānasya kādācitkatvena kāraṇāntarasāpekṣatvasiddhau sāmarthyācchrotrāder indriyasya siddhir bhavati, tathātrāpyarthapratītiṃ dharmiṇīṃ kṛtvā, varṇāviśeṣe 'pi saro rasa ityādāvarthapratītibhedāt sphoṭākhyaṃ kāraṇāntaraṃ kalpayiṣyāma iti /
[One might argue that] "just as in the case of auditory and other cognitions, their occasional nature establishes their dependence on other causes, and from this capability the existence of organs like the ear is established, similarly here too, taking meaning-comprehension as the subject, since there are different meanings comprehended even when the letters are the same - as in [the words] 'sara' and 'rasa' - we shall postulate another cause called sphoṭa."