iti sañcakṣate ye 'pi te vācyāḥ kimidaṃ nijam / śabdarūpaṃ parityajya nīlāditvaṃ prapadyate // na vā tatheti yadyādyaḥ pakṣaḥ saṃśrīyate tadā / akṣaratvaviyogaḥ syāt paurastyātmavināśataḥ //
Those who maintain this [view] should be asked: "Does this inherent sound-form abandon [itself] and become blue-ness etc. or not?" If the first position is accepted, then [the sound] would lose its immutability due to the destruction of its prior nature.