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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.38

వాయోశ్చ స్పర్శతన్మాత్రాద్రూపం దైవేరితాదభూత్ । సముత్థితం తతస్తేజశ్చక్షూ రూపోపలమ్భనమ్ ॥ ౩౮ ॥
vāyoś ca sparśa-tanmātrād
[vaayosh cha sparsha-tanmaatraad]
rūpaṁ daiveritād abhūt
[roopam daiveritaad abhoot]
samutthitaṁ tatas tejaś
[samutthitam tatas tejash]
cakṣū rūpopalambhanam
[chakshoo roopopalambhanam]
vāyoḥ — from air ca — and sparśa-tanmātrāt — which evolves from the subtle element touch rūpam — form daiva-īritāt — according to destiny abhūt — evolved samutthitam — arose tataḥ — from that tejaḥ — fire cakṣuḥ — sense of sight rūpa — color and form upalambhanam — perceiving.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
vāyoś ca sparśa-tanmātrād
vāyoḥ
from air
ca
and
sparśa-tanmātrāt
which evolves from the subtle element touch
rūpaṁ daiveritād abhūt
rūpam
form
daiva-īritāt
according to destiny
abhūt
evolved
samutthitaṁ tatas tejaś
samutthitam
arose
tataḥ
from that
tejaḥ
fire
cakṣū rūpopalambhanam
cakṣuḥ
sense of sight
rūpa
color and form
upalambhanam
perceiving.
By interactions of the air and the sensations of touch, one receives different forms according to destiny. By evolution of such forms, there is fire, and the eye sees different forms in color.

Because of destiny, the touch sensation, the interactions of air, and the situation of the mind, which is produced of the ethereal element, one receives a body according to his previous activities. Needless to say, a living entity transmigrates from one form to another. His form changes according to destiny and by the arrangement of a superior authority which controls the interaction of air and the mental situation. Form is the combination of different types of sense perception. Predestined activities are the plans of the mental situation and the interaction of air.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
From air, whose tan-mātrā is touch, under the influence of time, arose form. From form arose fire. The eye perceives form.
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