bhagavad-vīkṣitaṁ nabhaḥ
kāla-māyāṁśa-yogena
bhagavad-vīkṣitaṁ nabhaḥ
nabhaso ’nusṛtaṁ sparśaṁ
vikurvan nirmame ’nilam
The Lord glanced upon ether with a mixture of time and a portion of māyā. From ether arose touch, which, transforming itself, produced air.
Nabhas is the subject. From ether arose touch, and transforming itself produced air. In all these cases the tan-mātṛa gives rise to the gross element.
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anilo ’pi vikurvāṇo
nabhasoru-balānvitaḥ
sasarja rūpa-tanmātraṁ
jyotir lokasya locanam
Air, getting great strength from ether, transformed itself and became the tan-mātra of form. From form arose light, which illuminates the eyes of people.
Air, getting great strength with ether, became form. From form light arose, which reveals the eyes of people.
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anilenānvitaṁ jyotir
vikurvat paravīkṣitam
ādhattāmbho rasa-mayaṁ
kāla-māyāṁśa-yogataḥ
Light, together with air, under the glance of the Lord, from a mixture of time and a portion of māyā, transformed and produced taste and water.
Light produced (ādhatta) water with the quality of taste.
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jyotiṣāmbho ’nusaṁsṛṣṭaṁ
vikurvad brahma-vīkṣitam
mahīṁ gandha-guṇām ādhāt
kāla-māyāṁśa-yogataḥ
Water, mixing with light under the glance of the Lord and by the influence of time and a portion of māyā, transformed and produced fragrance and earth.
Water combined (anusaṁsṛṣṭam) with light.
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bhūtānāṁ nabha-ādīnāṁ
yad yad bhavyāvarāvaram
teṣāṁ parānusaṁsargād
yathā saṅkhyaṁ guṇān viduḥ
O Vidura! One should know that the qualities of each element starting with ether increase successively as they progress towards the inferior, combining with the qualities of the superior elements.
O Vidura (bhavya)! Another version has bhāvya, which means the effects, elements such as ether. Among the respectively lower elements starting with ether and then air, the effects, from successive combination with the superior causes, one should know the qualities (tan-mātras) are repeatedly found (yathā saṅkhyam). Ether is the cause of air. It has two qualities sound and touch, being endowed with the previous cause (ether). Light has two causes—ether and air. Combined with those causes, it has three qualities—form, touch and sound. Similarly water has four qualities and earth has five qualities.
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