আকাশাদির গুণ যেন পর-পর ভূতে ।
দুই-তিন ক্রমে বাড়ে পঞ্চ পৃথিবীতে ॥ ৮৭ ॥
akasadira guna yena para-para bhute
dui-tina krame bade panca prthivite
akasa-adira-of the sky, air, and so on; guna-the qualities; yena-just as; para-para-one after another; bhute-in the material elements; dui-tina-two and then three; krame-by gradations; bade-increase; panca-all five; prthivite-in earth.
"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.