Earth, Wind, Ether, Water, and Light forming the fifth, are the great elements. These are the origin and the destruction of all creatures.
पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम्। महाभूतानि भूतानां सर्वेषां प्रभवाप्ययौ॥