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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 19.233
ākāśādi guṇa yena para para bhūte
eka-dui-tina-cāri krame pañca pṛthivīte
SYNONYMS
ākāśa-ādi — beginning with the sky; guṇa — qualities; yena — as; para para — one after another; bhūte — in the material elements; eka — one; dui — two; tina — three; cāri — four; krame — in this way; pañca — all five qualities; pṛthivīte — in earth.
TRANSLATION
"All the material qualities evolve one after another in the material elements, beginning from ether. By gradual evolution, first one quality develops, then two qualities develop, then three and four, until all five qualities are found in earth.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness