In English
The five elements correspond to the five life principles, namely , , , , and , which are present in everyone. These principles permeate the entire creation right from a (ant) to . The process of invoking the life principles is termed . Before the installation of the idol in a temple, () is performed. The life-force is the basis of all living things. So long as there is life in the body, the body is (one of auspiciousness). Once life departs from the body, the body becomes (corpse). Life is sustained by the five elements. So man should worship the five elements. Different reeds in the harmonium produce different sounds - Sa, Ri, Ga, Ma, Pa, Dha, Ni. The air is the basis for all of them. Likewise, there is one fundamental power out of which emerged the entire creation. enquired into the nature of this fundamental power and described it as , , , , , , , and (God is the embodiment of sound, mobility and immobility, light, speech, eternal bliss, supreme majesty, delusion, and wealth). Sound is the main principle of divinity. Sound pervades the entire universe. That is why divinity is extolled as . It exists in our hearts and is expressed in the form of speech. Hence, it is called .