तामसात्पंच जातानि तन्मात्राणि वुदुर्बुधाः । तन्मात्रेभ्यश्च भूतानि वेशेषाः पंच तद्भवाः
tāmasātpaṃca jātāni tanmātrāṇi vudurbudhāḥ | tanmātrebhyaśca bhūtāni veśeṣāḥ paṃca tadbhavāḥ
“由昏暗相(tāmasa),智者了知五种细境(tanmātra)得以出生;又由诸细境,生起五种差别大种(bhūta)——粗显之元素——作为其果。”
Nārada
Scene: From a dark, dense tāmasa current emerge five subtle essences as translucent glyphs (sound, touch, form, taste, smell), which then crystallize into five gross elements—ether, air, fire, water, earth—forming a nascent cosmos.
The material world is a graded emergence from subtle to gross; recognizing this hierarchy supports detachment and discernment (viveka).
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