भूम्यम्ब्वग्न्यनिलाकाशा भूतानां पञ्चधातव: । आब्रह्मस्थावरादीनां शारीरा आत्मसंयुता: ॥ ५ ॥
bhūmy-ambv-agny-anilākāśā bhūtānāṁ pañca-dhātavaḥ ā-brahma-sthāvarādīnāṁ śārīrā ātma-saṁyutāḥ
- bhūmi
- earth
- ambu
- water
- agni
- fire
- anila
- air
- ākāśāḥ
- sky or ether
- bhūtānām
- of all conditioned souls
- pañca
- the five
- dhātavaḥ
- basic elements
- ā-brahma
- from Lord Brahmā
- sthāvara-ādīnām
- down to the nonmoving creatures
- śārīrāḥ
- used for the construction of the material bodies
- ātma
- to the Supreme Soul
- saṁyutāḥ
- equally related
Earth, water, fire, air and ether are the five basic elements that constitute the bodies of all conditioned souls, from Lord Brahmā himself down to the nonmoving creatures. These elements all emanate from the one Personality of Godhead.