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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
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यथा गन्धस्य भूमेश्च न भावो व्यतिरेकतः ।
अपां रसस्य च यथा तथा बुद्धेः परस्य च ॥१८॥
yathā gandhasya bhūmeś ca
na bhāvo vyatirekataḥ
apāṁ rasasya ca yathā
tathā buddheḥ parasya ca
WORD BY WORD
yathā — as; gandhasya — of aroma; bhūmeḥ — of earth; ca — and; na — no; bhāvaḥ — existence; vyatirekataḥ — separate; apām — of water; rasasya — of taste; ca — and; yathā — as; tathā — so; buddheḥ — of intelligence; parasya — of consciousness, spirit; ca — and;
TRANSLATION
 | As there is no separate existence of the earth and its aroma or of water and its taste, there cannot be any separate existence of intelligence and consciousness.
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PURPORT
| | The example is given here that anything material has an aroma. The flower, the earth — everything — has an aroma. If the aroma is separated from the matter, the matter cannot be identified. If there is no taste to water, the water has no meaning; if there is no heat in the fire, the fire has no meaning. Similarly, when there is want of intelligence, spirit has no meaning.
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