yasyāpi nirākārajñānaṃ tasyāpi na śabdagrahaṇamantareṇa tadgrāhakasya grahaṇaṃ yuktam nahi daṇḍagrahaṇam antareṇa tadgrāhakasya daṇḍino grahaṇaṃ nyāyyam iti rūpagrāhiṇi cakṣurjñāne śabdasyāpi pratibhāsaḥ syāt /
Even for one who holds cognition to be formless, the apprehension of that which apprehends [sound] is not possible without the apprehension of sound, just as the apprehension of the stick-holder is not reasonable without the apprehension of the stick – thus sound would also appear in the visual cognition apprehending form.