yathoktam udyotakāreṇa tatrāpi ye bījāvayavās te pūrvavyūhapartiyāgenavyūhāntaramāpadyante, vyūhāntarāpattau ca pṛthivīdhāturapdhātunā saṃgṛhītamāntareṇa tejasā pacyamāno rasadravyaṃ nirvartayati /
As declared by Uddyotakara: "In that case too, those components of the seed, abandoning their previous arrangement, assume a different arrangement, and when [they] assume this different arrangement, the earth-element, being combined with the water-element and being heated by the internal fire-element, produces a liquid substance in the form of sap."