मृदुत्वं कठिनत्वं च शैत्यमुष्णत्वमेव च । एतत्स्पर्शस्य स्पर्शत्वं तन्मात्रत्वं नभस्वत: ॥ ३६ ॥
mrdutvam kathinatvam ca saityam usnatvam eva ca etat sparsasya sparsatvam tan-matratvam nabhasvatah
- mrdutvam
- softness
- kathinatvam
- hardness
- ca
- and
- saityam
- cold
- usnatvam
- heat
- eva
- also
- ca
- and
- etat
- this
- sparsasya
- of the subtle element touch
- sparsatvam
- the distinguishing attributes
- tat-matratvam
- the subtle form
- nabhasvatah
- of air.
Softness and hardness and cold and heat are the distinguishing attributes of touch, which is characterized as the subtle form of air.