yaduktam karṇavyomani samprāpta ityādi, tatrāha karṇetyādi / karṇavyomani samprāptaḥ śaktiṃ śrotre karoti cet /
Regarding what was said beginning with "having reached the space in the ear," [the text] states beginning with "ear" etc.: "If [air], having reached the space in the ear, produces a capacity in the auditory organ..."