Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.26.44

rasa-mātrād vikurvāṇād

ambhaso daiva-coditāt

gandha-mātram abhūt tasmāt

pṛthvī ghrāṇas tu gandhagaḥ

SYNONYMS

rasa-mātrāt — which evolves from the subtle element taste; vikurvāṇāt — undergoing transformation; ambhasaḥ — from water; daiva-coditāt — by a superior arrangement; gandha-mātram — the subtle element odor; abhūt — became manifest; tasmāt — from that; pṛthvī — earth; ghrāṇaḥ — the olfactory sense; tu — in fact; gandha-gaḥ — which perceives aromas.

TRANSLATION

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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