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एवं निरुक्तं क्षितिशब्दवृत्तम् असन्निधानात्परमाणवो ये ।
अविद्यया मनसा कल्पितास्ते येषां समूहेन कृतो विशेषः ॥ ९ ॥
 
evam niruktam ksiti-sabda-vrttam
asan nidhanat paramanavo ye
avidyaya manasa kalpitas te
yesam samuhena krto visesah
evam-thus; niruktam-falsely described; ksiti-sabda-of the word "earth"; vrttam-the existence; asat-not real; nidhanat-from the dissolution; parama-anavah-atomic particles; ye-all of which; avidyaya-because of less intelligence; manasa-in the mind; kalpitah-imagined; te-they; yesam-of which; samuhena-by the aggregate; krtah-made; visesah-the particulars.