Karika 22

प्रकृतेर्महांस्ततोऽहङ्कारस्तस्माद्गणश्च षोडशकः। तस्मादपि षोडशकात्पञ्चभ्यः पञ्च भूतानि ॥२२॥

prakr̥tērmahāṁstatō'haṅkārastasmādgaṇaśca ṣōḍaśakaḥ। tasmādapi ṣōḍaśakātpañcabhyaḥ pañca bhūtāni ॥22॥

[प्रकृतेः महन् ततो अहङ्कारः तस्मात् गणः च षोडशकः। तस्मात् अपि षोडशकात् पञ्चभ्यः पञ्च भूतानि॥
prakr̥tēḥ = from prakriti, the manifested material universe; mahan = comes mahat, the great; tatō = from it; ahaṅkāraḥ = ahankara /ego; tasmāt = from it; gaṇaḥ ca = set of; ṣōḍaśakaḥ = sixteen; tasmāt = from that; api = only; ṣōḍaśakāt = sixteen; pañcabhyaḥ = from the five comes; pañca = five; bhūtāni = elements;]

From the manifested material universe (prakr̥ti) comes the great (mahan); from the great comes the ego (ahaṅkāraḥ); then from ego the set of sixteen. From that sixteen, specifically from the five, comes five elements.

Four stage evolution of 24 principles is described:

1. Step 01: manifested material universe (prakr̥ti) to the great (mahan)
2. Step 02: the great (mahan) to ego (ahaṅkāraḥ)
3. Step 03: ego (ahaṅkāraḥ) to set of 16 (11 indriyas + 5 sensations)
4. Step 04: 5 sensations to 5 elements