Matsyapurana 123.57

123.57

tathā hyāloka ākāśe paricchinnāni sarvaśaḥ
pātre mahati pātrāṇi yathā hyantargatāni ca //

These lights, _i.e._, Âkâsa and other elements, too, are well defined. But, like smaller leaves which, though separate are not separately seen, being concealed in a larger vessel, these higher light-like elements, though separate and each supporting the other, are not visualized as such. They too excel each other, in the order of their precedence. The creation of the universe depends on their existence. The origin of life is in these Tattvas; hence without them there can be no life and action.—57-60.