yathāhi mahatyāṃ mṛdi pṛthivyāṃ khātāyāṃ satyāṃ vyomni ākāśe tadāśrayaṃ mahattvādijñānam utpadyate svato mahattvāder abhāve 'pi tathā śabde 'pyatyantākṛtrime 'yaṃ vyañjakadhvanibhedādbuddhibhedo bhaviṣyati tathāvidhasvabhāvabhedamantareṇāpi /
For just as when a large pit is dug in the earthen ground, there arises a cognition of largeness, etc., based on that [pit] regarding ākāśa, even though largeness, etc., are not inherent in it, similarly in the case of sound also, which is absolutely uncreated, this difference in cognition will arise from the difference in the manifesting articulations, even without such differences in [sound's] nature.