prayogaḥ yo yadutpādanāyogyāvasthāto na viśiṣyate na sa tat karoti, yathākodravaḥ śālyaṅkuram, na viśiṣyate ca saṃskṛte 'pi śrotre śabdo jñānotpādanāyogyāvasthātaiti vyāpakānupalabdhiḥ /
The argument may be formulated thus: That which does not deviate from its state of being incapable of producing something cannot produce that thing - just as the kodrava seed [cannot produce] the rice sprout; and even when the Auditory Organ is embellished, the Sound does not deviate from its state of being incapable of producing cognition - this is non-apprehension of the pervader.