The Compendium of Caraka 4.5.3_1

4.5.3_1

yāvanto hi loke (bhūrtimanto ) bhāvaviśeṣāstāvantaḥ puruṣe, yāvantaḥ puruṣe tāvanto loke; ityevaṃvādinaṃ bhagavantamātreyamagniveśa uvāca---netāvatā vākyenoktaṃ vākyārthamavagāhāmahe, bhagavatā buddhyā bhūyastaramato 'anuvyākhyāyamānaṃ śuśrūṣāmaha iti//

"For as many specific material entities as there are in the universe, so many are there in man; as many as there are in man, so many are there in the universe." To the venerable Ātreya who spoke thus, Agniveśa said: "We do not grasp the meaning of the statement merely from this utterance; we desire to hear this explained further by the venerable one through his wisdom."