These, in succession, acquire the attributes of the immediately preceding ones from which they have originated. Each has not only its own special attribute but each succeeding one has the attributes of all the previous ones.
गुणाः सर्वस्य पूर्वस्य प्राप्नुवन्त्युत्तरोत्तरम्। तेषां यावद् यथा यच्च तत्तत् तावद्गुणं स्मृतम्॥