८.२०: २६६.१६स्नेहोऽपाम्विशेषगुणः । संग्रहमृजादिहेतुः। अस्यापिगुरुत्ववन्नित्यानित्यत्वनिष्पत्तयः ॥
Viscidity is the specific quality of water; It is the cause of cohesion and smoothness. The eternality and evanescence of this also would be in the same manner as those of Gravity ( JI—i—2).