prayogaḥ ye ye vināśitvotpattimattvādidharmopetās te kvacid āśritāḥ yathā ghaṭadīpādayaḥ tathācāmī śabdāḥ, tasmāt kvacidāśritari ebhir bhavitavyam yo 'sāvāśrayo 'mīṣāṃ sa sāmarthyādvyoma ākāśaṃ bhaviṣyati /
The argument [goes]: "Whatever things possess the properties of perishability, producibility and such, they reside somewhere, like jars, lamps and such things; and these sounds [are such]; therefore they must have some substratum, and that substratum of these [sounds] must, by [force of] capability, be Ākāśa."