It is settled that the body has fire for colour, water for blood and other liquids, wind for sense of touch, earth for the hideous holder of mind (viz., flesh and bones, etc.), space (or ether) for sound; that it is pervaded by disease and sorrow; that it is overwhelmed by five currents; that it is made up of the five elements; that it has nine doors and two deities; that it is full of passion; that it is unfit to be seen; that it made up of three qualities; that it has three elements, (viz., wind, bile, and phlegm); that it is delighted with attachments of every kind; that it is full of delusion.
अग्नी रूपं पयः स्रोतो वायुः स्पर्शनपेव च। मही पङ्कधरं घोरमाकाशश्रवणं तथा॥ रोगशोकसमाविष्टं पञ्चस्रोतःसमावृतम्। पञ्चभूतसमायुक्तं नवद्वारं द्विदैवतम्॥ रजस्वलमथादृश्यं त्रिगुणं च त्रिधातुकम्। संसर्गाभिरतं मूढं शरीरमिति धारणा॥