Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 3: The Status Quo

Chapter 26: Fundamental Principles of Material Nature. Text 44

रसमात्राद्विकुर्वाणादम्भसो दैवचोदितात् ।
गन्धमात्रमभूत्तस्मात्पृथ्वी घ्राणस्तु गन्धगः ॥४४॥

rasa-mÄtrÄd vikurvÄṇÄd
ambhaso daiva-coditÄt
gandha-mÄtram abhÅ«t tasmÄt
pá¹›thvÄ« ghrÄṇas tu gandhagaḥ

1 times this text was mentioned in purports to other texts: LSB(1)

 rasa-mÄtrÄt - which evolves from the subtle element taste; vikurvÄṇÄt - undergoing transformation; ambhasaḥ - from water; daiva-coditÄt - by a superior arrangement; gandha-mÄtram - the subtle element odor; abhÅ«t - became manifest; tasmÄt - from that; pá¹›thvÄ« - earth; ghrÄṇaḥ - the olfactory sense; tu - in fact; gandha-gaḥ - which perceives aromas.


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Due to the interaction of water with the taste perception, the subtle element odor evolves under superior arrangement. Thence the earth and the olfactory sense, by which we can variously experience the aroma of the earth, become manifest.

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