Water, Ether, Earth, Air, and Fire,—these are those five principal elements. Forsooth, there is nothing higher or superior to these.
आपश्चैवान्तरिक्षं च पृथिवी वायुपावको। नासीद्धि परमं तेभ्यो भूतेभ्यो मुक्तसंशयम्॥