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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.44
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 44
- rasa-mātrād vikurvāṇād
- ambhaso daiva-coditāt
- gandha-mātram abhūt tasmāt
- pṛthvī ghrāṇas tu gandhagaḥ
rasawhich evolves from the subtle element taste-mātrātwhich evolves from the subtle element taste — which evolves from the subtle element taste; vikurvāṇātundergoing transformation — undergoing transformation; ambhasaḥfrom water — from water; daivaby a superior arrangement-coditātby a superior arrangement — by a superior arrangement; gandhathe subtle element odor-mātramthe subtle element odor — the subtle element odor; abhūtbecame manifest — became manifest; tasmātfrom that — from that; pṛthvīearth — earth; ghrāṇaḥthe olfactory sense — the olfactory sense; tuin fact — in fact; gandhawhich perceives aromas-gaḥwhich perceives aromas — which perceives aromas.
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.