बीजेषूल्लासरूपेण जाड्येन जडरूपिषु ।द्रव्येषु द्रव्यभावेन काठिन्येनेतरेषु च
In plain words
In seeds it stands as the very power of sprouting; in things of an inert nature, as inertness itself; in substances, as the very nature of being a substance; and in other things, as hardness.