परस्परानुप्रवेशात् तत्त्वानां पुरुषर्षभ । पौर्वापर्यप्रसङ्ख्यानं यथा वक्तुर्विवक्षितम् ॥ ७ ॥
parasparānupraveśāt tattvānāṁ puruṣarṣabha paurvāparya-prasaṅkhyānaṁ yathā vaktur vivakṣitam
- paraspara
- mutual
- anupraveśāt
- because of the entrance (as subtle causes within gross manifestations, and vice versa)
- tattvānām
- of the various elements
- puruṣa-ṛṣabha
- O best among men (Uddhava)
- paurva
- in terms of prior causes
- aparya
- or of resultant products
- prasaṅkhyānam
- enumeration
- yathā
- however
- vaktuḥ
- the speaker
- vivakṣitam
- wants to describe
O best among men, because subtle and gross elements mutually enter into one another, philosophers may calculate the number of basic material elements in different ways, according to their personal desire.