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Verse 8.21

छायां महाभूत कृतां च सर्वे अभिव्यञ्जयन्ति स्वदशाम्अवाप्य । क्वम्ब्वग्नि वाय्वम्बरजान्गुणांश्च नासास्य दृक् त्वक् छ्रवणानुमेयात्

All beings, having attained their own planetary period, manifest the shadow created by the great elements. The qualities born of fire, air, and space are inferred respectively from the nose, the eye, the skin, and the ear. This verse…

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