yathoktaṃ bhāṣye ---"abhighātena preritāvayavaḥ stimitāni vastvantarāṇi prabādhamānāḥ sarvatodikkāḥ saṃyogavibhāgānutpādayanto yāvad vegamabhipratiṣṭhante, te ca vāyor apratyakṣatvāt saṃyogavibhāgā nopalabhyante"
As stated in the Bhāṣya: "The particles set in motion by the strike, pushing against the stationary particles, produce conjunctions and disjunctions in all directions which continue as long as the momentum lasts; and these conjunctions and disjunctions are not perceived due to the imperceptibility of air"