Madhya-lilaChapter 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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