# Cc. Madhya 8.87 ## Text > ākāśādira guṇa yena para-para bhūte > dui-tina krame bāḍe pañca pṛthivīte ## Synonyms *ākāśa*-*ādira*—of the sky, air and so on; *guṇa*—the qualities; *yena*—just as; *para*-*para*—one after another; *bhūte*—in the material elements; *dui*-*tina*—two and then three; *krame*—by gradations; *bāḍe*—increase; *pañca*—all five; *pṛthivīte*—in 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.**