ÄkÄÅ›Ädira guṇa yena para-para bhÅ«te
dui-tina krame bÄá¸e pañca pá¹›thivÄ«te

 ÄkÄÅ›a-Ädira - of the sky, air and so on; guṇa - the qualities; yena - just as; para-para - one after another; bhÅ«te - in the material elements; dui-tina - two and then three; krame - by gradations; bÄá¸e - increase; pañca - all five; pá¹›thivÄ«te - in earth.


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“The qualities in the material elements — sky, air, fire, water and earth — increase one after another by a gradual process of one, two and three, and at the last stage, in the element earth, all five qualities are completely visible.

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