The element of earth is shattered to pieces by disease, wounds and other sufferings. If only one of the five is spoiled, the union is dissolved and the five go away into five different directions.
व्याघ्रिवणपरिक्लेशैर्मेदिनी चैव शीर्यते। पीडितेऽन्यतरे ह्येषां सघातो याति पञ्चधा॥