| Madhya-lila | Chapter 19: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Sri Caitanya Caritamrita Madhya 19.233
akasadi guna yena para para bhute
eka-dui-tina-cari krame panca prithivite
SYNONYMS
akasa-adi -- beginning with the sky; guna -- qualities; yena -- as; para para -- one after another; bhute -- in the material elements; eka -- one; dui -- two; tina -- three; cari -- four; krame -- in this way; panca -- all five qualities; prithivite -- 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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