Madhya-līlā

Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Verse 87 of 309
Cc Madhya 8.87

আকাশাদির গুণ যেন পরপর ভূতে দুইতিন ক্রমে বাডে পংচ পৃথিবীতে

आकाशादिर गुण येन परपर भूते दुइतिन क्रमे बाडे पंच पृथिवीते

ākāśādira guṇa yena para-para bhūte dui-tina krame bāḍe pañca pṛthivīte

Synonyms

ākāśa-ādiraof the sky, air, and so on; guṇathe qualities; yenajust as; para-paraone after another; bhūtein the material elements; dui-tinatwo and then three; krameby gradations; bāḍeincrease; pañcaall five; pṛthivītein earth..

Translation

"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.

Verse 87 of 309
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