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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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नभसः शब्दतन्मात्रात्कालगत्या विकुर्वतः । स्पर्शोऽभवत्ततो वायुस्त्वक्स्पर्शस्य च सङ्ग्रहः ॥३५॥
nabhasaḥ śabda-tanmātrāt kāla-gatyā vikurvataḥ sparśo ’bhavat tato vāyus tvak sparśasya ca saṅgrahaḥ
WORD BY WORD
nabhasaḥ from ether; śabda-tanmātrāt which evolves from the subtle element sound; kāla-gatyā under the impulse of time; vikurvataḥ undergoing transformation; sparśaḥ the subtle element touch; abhavat evolved; tataḥ thence; vāyuḥ air; tvak the sense of touch; sparśasya of touch; ca and; saṅgrahaḥ perception;
TRANSLATION
| From ethereal existence, which evolves from sound, the next transformation takes place under the impulse of time, and thus the subtle element touch and thence the air and sense of touch become prominent.
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PURPORT
| In the course of time, when the subtle forms are transformed into gross forms, they become the objects of touch. The objects of touch and the tactile sense also develop after this evolution in time. Sound is the first sense object to exhibit material existence, and from the perception of sound, touch perception evolves, and from touch perception, the perception of sight. That is the way of the gradual evolution of our perceptive objects.
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