Sound gives rise to the sense of touch, which then manifests form. Taste and smell also arise from the gradual development of ether, air, fire, water, and earth. Each represents the effect of one element and the cause of another, but the Lord Himself is the original, first cause, manifested in the guise of His plenary emanation, Maha-Visnu, reclining on the causal waters of the global, integral material energy, or cosmic manifestation.

The various kinds of sensory perception are contained entirely in the earth element, and partially in the other elements.

For example, ether has only sound as its attribute, while air contains sound and touch. In fire, we also find sound and touch, but also form. Water contains taste in addition to sound, touch, and form. The earth contains all the variety of existence, which has its origin in the fundamental element of air.

Illnesses are most often caused by a disruption in the circulation of air in the terrestrial bodies of distinct individual beings. Mental disorders, in particular, originate from a specific disruption of the air in the body, and yoga exercises have a remarkably beneficial effect on the balance of these subtle airs and can eliminate illness almost entirely.

When these yoga exercises are practiced properly, they have the effect of increasing the duration of existence and granting mastery over one's own death. Thus, a perfect yogi can master his death and leave his body at the appropriate time, when he is able to ascend to the planet of his choice. However, devotional service offered to God is superior to any other yogi or practice, for by the power of his devotional service, he is promoted to the world beyond the material universe and transported to one of the planets of the spiritual world, by the supreme will of the Lord, who directs all things.

Virtue engenders the mind, which then manifests, and with it the ten celestial beings who all act under the authority of Krishna and direct the functions of the body: the lord of the directions, the lord of the air, the sun god, the father of Daksa Prajapati, the Asvinikumaras, the celestial being master of fire, the king of the celestial spheres, the sovereign deity of the heavenly spheres, the first of the Adityas, and Brahma, the demiurge and first of the ancestors.

The development of passion gives rise to the sense organs such as the nose, eyes, ears, tongue, skin, mouth, hands, legs, genitals, and anus, and with them, intelligence and vital energy.