Caitanya-caritāmṛta 8.87
ākāśādira guṇa yena para-para bhūte dui-tina krame bāḍe pañca pṛthivīte
[aakaashaadira guna yena para-para bhoote dui-tina krame baade pancha prithiveete]
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
ākāśādira guṇa yena para-para bhūte dui-tina krame bāḍe pañca pṛthivīte
“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.
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