रसमात्राद्विकुर्वाणादम्भसो दैवचोदितात् । गन्धमात्रमभूत्तस्मात्पृथ्वी घ्राणस्तु गन्धग: ॥ ४४ ॥
rasa-matrad vikurvanad ambhaso daiva-coditat gandha-matram abhut tasmat prthvi ghranas tu gandhagah
- rasa-matrat
- which evolves from the subtle element taste
- vikurvanat
- undergoing transformation
- ambhasah
- from water
- daiva-coditat
- by a superior arrangement
- gandha-matram
- the subtle element odor
- abhut
- became manifest
- tasmat
- from that
- prthvi
- earth
- ghranah
- the olfactory sense
- tu
- in fact
- gandha-gah
- 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.