SB 3.26.49
TEXT 49
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TEXT
परस्य दृश्यते धर्मो ह्यपरस्मिन्समन्वयात् ।
अतो विशेषो भावानां भूमावेवोपलक्ष्यते ॥ ४९ ॥ parasya drsyate dharmo
hy aparasmin samanvayat
ato viseso bhavanam
bhūmav evopalaksyate
parasya-of the cause; drsyate-is observed; dharmaḥ-the characteristics; hi-indeed; aparasmin-in the effect; samanvayat-in order; ataḥ-hence; visesaḥ-the distinctive characteristic; bhavanam-of all the elements; bhūmau-in earth; eva-alone; upalaksyate-is observed.
TRANSLATION
Since the cause exists in its effect as well, the characteristics of the former are observed in the latter. That is why the peculiarities of all the elements exist in the earth alone.
PURPORT
Sound is the cause of the sky, sky is the cause of the air, air is the cause of fire, fire is the cause of water, and water is the cause of earth. In the sky there is only sound; in the air there is sound and touch; in the fire there is sound, touch and form; in water there is sound, touch, form and taste; and in the earth there is sound, touch, form, taste and smell. Therefore earth is the reservoir of all the qualities of the other elements. Earth is the sum total of all other elements. The earth has all five qualities of the elements, water has four qualities, fire has three, air has two, and the sky has only one quality, sound.
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