tathā hi śrotrādeḥ saṃskāro jñānakāryeṇāvasīyamānaḥ śaktyātmaka eva saṃskāro bhavet, śakter eva kāryāvaseyatvāt, sā ca śaktiḥ śrotrasyātmabhūtaiva na tadvyatirekiṇī, tataḥ kāryotpatteḥ śrotrasya kāraṇatvaprasaṅgāt /
For indeed, the embellishment of the auditory organ and so forth, being inferred from its effect [in the form] of cognition, could only be an embellishment consisting of potency, since only potency can be inferred from an effect. And that potency must be essential to the auditory organ [itself], not separate from it, because otherwise the auditory organ would not be the cause of the production of the effect.