nāyamanaikāntikaḥ anupakārakasya jñeyatve sati niyamābhāvād rasāder api śrotravijñānavijñeyatvaprasaṅgāt /
This [reason] is not inconclusive, because if something that has no bearing [on a cognition] could be cognized [by that cognition], there would be no restriction, and taste etc. would also become cognizable by auditory cognition.