ÄkÄÅ›Ädi guṇa yena para para bhÅ«te
eka-dui-tina-cÄri krame pañca pá¹›thivÄ«te

 ÄkÄÅ›a-Ädi - beginning with the sky; guṇa - qualities; yena - as; para para - one after another; bhÅ«te - in the material elements; eka - one; dui - two; tina - three; cÄri - four; krame - in this way; pañca - all five qualities; pá¹›thivÄ«te - in earth.


Text

“All the material qualities evolve one after another in the material elements, beginning from ether. By gradual evolution, first one quality develops, then two qualities develop, then three and four, until all five qualities are found in earth.

Purport