karṇavyomani samprāptaḥ śāktiṃ śrotre niyacchati / tadbhāve śabdabodhāc ca saṃskāro 'dṛṣṭa iṣyate // utpattiśaktivat so 'pītyadhikaṃ no na kiṇYcana /
Having reached the ākāśa in the ear, it imparts capacity to the auditory organ, and because sound-cognition [occurs] only when that [capacity] exists, an unseen modification is accepted. Like the power of origination, that too—we [maintain] nothing more than this.