तदा भूमेर्गन्धगुणं ग्रसन्त्याप उदप्लवे । ग्रस्तगन्धा तु पृथिवी प्रलयत्वाय कल्पते ॥ १४ ॥
tadā bhūmer gandha-guṇaṁ grasanty āpa uda-plave grasta-gandhā tu pṛthivī pralayatvāya kalpate
- tadā
- then
- bhūmeḥ
- of the earth
- gandha-guṇam
- the perceptible quality of fragrance
- grasanti
- takes away
- āpaḥ
- the water
- uda-plave
- during the flooding
- grasta-gandhā
- deprived of its fragrance
- tu
- and
- pṛthivī
- the element earth
- pralayatvāya kalpate
- becomes unmanifest
As the entire universe is flooded, the water will rob the earth of its unique quality of fragrance, and the element earth, deprived of its distinguishing quality, will be dissolved.