Sankhya Karika Verse 22

Sanskrit Verse

प्रकृतेर्महान्, ततोऽहङ्कारः, तस्माद्गणश्च षोडशकः ।तस्मादपि षोडशकात् पञ्चभ्यः पञ्च भूतानि ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

prakṛteḥ mahāṃ tataḥ ahaṃkāraḥ tasmāt-gaṇaḥ ca ṣoḍaśakaḥ | tasmāt-api ṣoḍaśakāḥ pañcabhyaḥ pañca-bhūtāni ||

Translation

From Prakriti (evolves) Maliat ; thence, Ahamkara ; and from this, the sixteenfold set ; from five, again, among the sixteenfold, the five Elements.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika