The ingredients that form the body are water, ether, wind, heat, and earth. These exisi together according to their own nature. They become separated again according to their own nature.
धातवः पञ्च भूतेषु खं वायुर्योतिषो धरा। ते स्वभावेन तिष्ठन्ति वियुज्यन्ते स्वभावतः॥