CC Madhya 8.87
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
TEXT 87
ākāśādira guṇa yena para-para bhūte
dui-tina krame bāḍe pañca pṛthivīte
SYNONYMS
ākāśa-ādira—of the sky, air and so on; guṇa—the qualities; yena—just as; para-para—one after another; bhūte—in the material elements; dui-tina—two and then three; krame—by gradations; bāḍe—increase; pañca—all five; pṛthivīte—in earth.
TRANSLATION
“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.
