793 jātir iti yoniṃ pracakṣate/ pañca khalv indriyayonayaḥ pṛthivyādīni bhūtāni, tasmāt prakṛtipañcatvād api pañcendriyāṇīti siddham//60//
Adhyāya 3, Āhnika 1, Sūtra 61
kathaṃ punar jñāyate bhūtaprakṛtīnīndriyāṇi nāvyaktaprakṛtīnīti?
bhūtaguṇaviśeṣopalabdhes tādātmyam // 3.1.61 //
dṛṣṭo hi vāyvādīnāṃ bhūtānāṃ guṇaviśeṣābhivyaktiniyamaḥ/ vāyuḥ sparśavyañjakaḥ, āpo rasavyañjikāḥ, tejo rūpavyañjakam, pārthivaṃ kiñcid dravyaṃ kasyacid dravyasya gandhavyañjakam/ asti cāyam indriyāṇāṃ bhūtaguṇaviśeṣopalabdhiniyamaḥ tena bhūtaguṇaviśeṣopalabdher manyāmahe bhūtaprakṛtīnīndriyāṇi nāvyaktaprakṛtīnīti//61//