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  "name":"Cc. Madhya 8.87",
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  "label":"Text 87",
  "title":"Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā 8.87",
  "description":"\"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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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.