The works of Ādi Śaṅkarācārya

Sanatsujātīyam

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p. 211

मही घटत्वं घटतः कपालिका कपालिका चूर्णरजस्ततोऽणुः ।

In plain words

Earth becomes a pot; from the pot, a shard; the shard, powder and dust; and from the dust, the atom.

Close to the Sanskrit

Earth [becomes] pot-ness; from the pot, the shard; the shard, powder-dust; from that, the atom.