Earth, mountains, clouds, and all things which have form, are all as transformations of water. They have all been produced by water being solidified.
पृथिवी पर्वता मेघा मूर्तिमन्तश्च ये परे। सर्वं तद् वारुणं ज्ञेयमापस्तस्तम्भिरे यतः॥