अपां रसस्य च यथा तथा बुद्धेः परस्य च ॥१८॥
yathÄ gandhasya bhÅ«meÅ› ca
na bhÄvo vyatirekataḥ
apÄá¹ rasasya ca yathÄ
tathÄ buddheḥ parasya ca
yathÄ - as; gandhasya - of aroma; bhÅ«meḥ - of earth; ca - and; na - no; bhÄvaḥ - existence; vyatirekataḥ - separate; apÄm - of water; rasasya - of taste; ca - and; yathÄ - as; tathÄ - so; buddheḥ - of intelligence; parasya - of consciousness, spirit; ca - and.
As there is no separate existence of the earth and its aroma or of water and its taste, there cannot be any separate existence of intelligence and consciousness.
The example is given here that anything material has an aroma. The flower, the earth — everything — has an aroma. If the aroma is separated from the matter, the matter cannot be identified. If there is no taste to water, the water has no meaning; if there is no heat in the fire, the fire has no meaning. Similarly, when there is want of intelligence, spirit has no meaning.
