Likewise of sound the source is space (or Ether). These are the qualities of elements. I shall, after this, describe that which is the first and the highest of all entities.
शब्दस्यादिस्तथाऽऽकाशमेष भूतकृतो गुणः। अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि भूतानामादिमुत्तमम्॥