Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 3 - Chapter 1 - Verse 44


Sanskrit:

रसमात्राद्विकुर्वाणादम्भसो दैवचोदितात् ।गन्धमात्रमभूत्तस्मात्पृथ्वी घ्राणस्तु गन्धग: ॥ ४४ ॥

ITRANS:

rasa-mātrād vikurvāṇādambhaso daiva-coditātgandha-mātram abhūt tasmātpṛthvī ghrāṇas tu gandhagaḥ

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.

Purport: