Creatures consisting of the five elements are seen in the universe. Men try to know their proportions by exercising their reason.
तत्र तत्र हि दृश्यन्ते धातवः पाञ्चभौतिकाः। तेषां मनुष्यास्तर्केण प्रमाणानि प्रचक्षते॥