In plain words
Embodiments of …!
God, the embodiment of the eight glories, pervades this creation in eight forms. This whole … world has long been called viśva, the universe. Viśva means none other than the Paramātma, … with many limbs. ‘Viśvaṃ viṣṇu svarūpaṃ.’ Viṣṇu means the one whose nature is to pervade everything to the full. Viśva … … . Viṣṇu is the cause. This world is the very form of effect and cause. So … , the form of effect and cause, can be seen in the very form of the universe.
In this universe the first form of God is water. Without this water … cannot … . Water is everywhere, but in some places it may … on the surface, and in other places it may stay down in the depths. This water has yet another … … . God, in the form of water, has taken His first form in this world and is … our … .
The second is fire. It is by fire that everything blossoms, shows itself and shines forth. … that fire itself has shown itself in man as the fire of digestion. It changes the food man eats … … , and then into seven states, blood, flesh, muscle, bone and the like; … … it has gone on nourishing. This is what it has set forth as the seven dhātus. These seven dhātus … , life cannot last a single moment.
The third is the earth. It is on this earth that all living beings live. Birth, death and … happen on this earth itself. This earth, the cause of creation, sustenance and dissolution, has been showing itself as the divine principle … . All the food that man needs … by way of the earth alone. God is of the form of the earth. God has the name Bhūmānanda. When we cannot see God in a single form and nature, it is vitally necessary to see these … of qualities.
The fourth is air. Moment by moment we keep breathing in and breathing out; all the in-breaths and out-breaths are nothing but air. The air we take in, we take in as ‘So’. The … we let out, we let out as ‘Haṃ’. ‘Sohaṃ’ brings to mind ‘I myself am God’.