Verse 408

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। ॥ ४०८ ॥

In plain words

Everywhere you look, the effect takes after its cause. So the wise should grant that pañcīkaraṇa — the fivefold mixing of the elements — holds good too.

Close to the Sanskrit

The effect is everywhere seen to be in conformity with the cause. Therefore the validity of quintuplication also is to be accepted by the wise.