Matsyapurana 123.55

123.55

yasmātpraviṣṭāste 'nyonyaṃ tasmātte sthiratāṃ gatāḥ
āsaṃste hyaviśeṣāśca viśeṣā anyaveśanāt //

The Vikâras, such as earth, &c., are circumscribed and limited, and each is greater than one preceding it which it permeates: each is produced from the other and is upheld by it. They are held together by their mutual attraction. They are really separate (molecules), but by mutual contact look welded into one homogenous whole.—54-55.