The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Brahmānucintanaṃ

Verse 12

आकाशाद्वायुरुत्पन्नो वायोस्तेजस्ततः पयः ।अद्भ्यश्च पृथिवी जाता ततो व्रीहियवादिकम् ॥ ११ ॥

In plain words

Out of space came air. Out of air, fire. Out of fire, water. And out of water the earth was born — and out of the earth, rice and barley and everything else that grows.

Close to the Sanskrit

From space, air was produced; from air, fire; from that, water; and from the waters, earth was born; from that, rice, barley, and the rest.