तामसादपि भूतादेर्विकुर्वाणादभून्नभ: । तस्य मात्रा गुण: शब्दो लिङ्गं यद् द्रष्टृदृश्ययो: ॥ २५ ॥
tamasad api bhutader vikurvanad abhun nabhah tasya matra gunah sabdo lingam yad drastr-drsyayoh
- tamasat
- from the darkness of false ego
- api
- certainly
- bhuta-adeh
- of the material elements
- vikurvanat
- because of transformation
- abhut
- generated
- nabhah
- the sky
- tasya
- its
- matra
- subtle form
- gunah
- quality
- sabdah
- sound
- lingam
- characteristics
- yat
- as its
- drastr
- the seer
- drsyayoh
- of what is seen.
From the darkness of false ego, the first of the five elements, namely the sky, is generated. Its subtle form is the quality of sound, exactly as the seer is in relationship with the seen.