। ॥ ४१० ॥
In plain words
Fire holds three qualities in sequence — sound, touch, and form — and from it the next element comes. Water holds four: sound, touch, form, and now taste, each added in turn.
Close to the Sanskrit
Fire, possessing in order the qualities of sound, touch, and form, is the cause; the waters are four-qualitied, with sound, touch, form, and taste, in order.