Manava Dharmashastra 1.27

1.27

upasaṃhāro'yam | daśārdhānāṃ pañcānāṃ mahābhūtānāṃ yā aṇvyaḥ sūkṣmā mātrā avayavāstanmātrāstā vināśinyaḥ | pariṇāmadharmitvāt sthaulyapratipattyā vināśinya ucyante | tābhiḥ sārdhamidaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sambhavatyutpadyate | anupūrvaśaḥ krameṇa | sūkṣmātsthūlaṃ sthūlātsthūlataram | yādṛśo vā krama uktaḥ prāk |

The evanescent subtile constituents of the half-ten (Elemental Substances) that have been described,—along with those, this whole (world) comes forth, in due order.—(27)

Medhātithi’s commentary (manubhāṣya):
This verse sums up what has gone before.

‘Of the half-ten’—i.e., of the five elemental substances;—‘the subtile,’—minute,—‘constituents,’—parts; i.e., the ‘Rudimentary substances’; these are ‘evanescent’;—they are called ‘evanescent’ (liable to destruction) in the sense that, being liable to undergo modifications, they take up grosser forms.—‘along with those,' ‘this whole’—world,—‘comes forth,’—is produced;—‘in due order,’—in proper sequence; i.e., from the subtile the gross, and from the gross the grosser; or in the order in which they have been described (in the foregoing verses).—(27)