खं वायुर्ज्योतिरापो भूस्तत्कृतेषु यथाशयम् । आविस्तिरोऽल्पभूर्येको नानात्वं यात्यसावपि ॥ २५ ॥
khaṁ vāyur jyotir āpo bhūs tat-kṛteṣu yathāśayam āvis-tiro-’lpa-bhūry eko nānātvaṁ yāty asāv api
- kham
- ether
- vāyuḥ
- air
- jyotiḥ
- fire
- āpaḥ
- water
- bhūḥ
- earth
- tat
- their
- kṛteṣu
- in the products
- yathā-āśayam
- according to the particular locations
- āviḥ
- manifest
- tiraḥ
- unmanifest
- alpa
- small
- bhūri
- large
- ekaḥ
- one
- nānātvam
- the status of being many
- yāti
- assumes
- asau
- it
- api
- also
The elements of ether, air, fire, water and earth become visible, invisible, minute or extensive as they manifest in various objects. Similarly, the Paramātmā, though one, appears to become many.