tṛtīyaṃ pakṣamāha bhedābhedetyādi / bhedābhedavinirmuktaṃ vyastaṃ pakṣāntaraṃ tataḥ / uttaraṃ śrotrasaṃskārād asaṃskṛtatayocyate //
[The author] states the third alternative beginning with "difference-non-difference." [It is stated that] this alternative position, devoid of both difference and non-difference, [has been] overthrown. The answer is given in terms of [its] being unconditioned by the modification of the auditory organ.