Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.26.44
రసమాత్రాద్వికుర్వాణాదమ్భసో దైవచోదితాత్ ।
గన్ధమాత్రమభూత్తస్మాత్పృథ్వీ ఘ్రాణస్తు గన్ధగ: ॥ ౪౪ ॥
rasa-mātrād vikurvāṇād
[rasa-maatraad vikurvaanaad]
ambhaso daiva-coditāt
[ambhaso daiva-choditaat]
gandha-mātram abhūt tasmāt
[gandha-maatram abhoot tasmaat]
pṛthvī ghrāṇas tu gandhagaḥ
[prithvee ghraanas tu gandhagah]
Word-for-word
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.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
rasa-mātrād vikurvāṇād
rasa-mātrāt
which evolves from the subtle element taste
vikurvāṇāt
undergoing transformation
ambhaso daiva-coditāt
ambhasaḥ
from water
daiva-coditāt
by a superior arrangement
gandha-mātram abhūt tasmāt
gandha-mātram
the subtle element odor
abhūt
became manifest
tasmāt
from that
pṛthvī ghrāṇas tu gandhagaḥ
pṛthvī
earth
ghrāṇaḥ
the olfactory sense
tu
in fact
gandha-gaḥ
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.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
From transformation of water whose tan-mātrā is taste, by the influence of time, arose smell. From smell arose earth. The nose perceives smell.
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