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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[ Canto 3, Ch. 26 ]
TEXT 48
तेजोगुणविशेषोऽर्थो यस्य तच्छुरुच्यते ।
अभ्योगुणविशेषोऽर्थो यस्य तद्रसनं विदुः ।
भूमेर्गुणविशेषोऽर्थो यस्य स घ्राण उच्यते ॥४८॥
tejo-guṇa-viśeṣo 'rtho  
 yasya tac cakṣur ucyate  
 ambho-guṇa-viśeṣo 'rtho  
 yasya tad rasanam viduḥ  
 bhūmer guṇa-viśeṣo 'rtho  
 yasya sa ghrāṇa ucyate
tejaḥ-guṇa-viśeṣaḥ —the distinctive characteristic of fire (form);  arthaḥ —object of perception;  yasya —whose;  tat —that;  cakṣuḥ —the sense of sight;  ucyate —is called;  ambhaḥ-guṇa-viśeṣaḥ —the distinctive characteristic of water (taste);  arthaḥ —object of perception;  yasya —whose;  tat —that;  rasanam —the sense of taste;  viduḥ —they know;  bhūmeḥ guṇa-viśeṣaḥ —the distinctive characteristic of earth (odor);  arthaḥ —object of perception;  yasya —whose;  saḥ —that;  ghrāṇaḥ —the sense of smell;  ucyate —is called.
TRANSLATION
The sense whose object of perception is form, the distinctive characteristic of fire, is the sense of sight. The sense whose object of perception is taste, the distinctive characteristic of water, is known as the sense of taste. Finally, the sense whose object of perception is odor, the distinctive characteristic of earth, is called the sense of smell.
TEXT 49
परस्य दृश्यते धर्मो ह्यपरस्मिन् समन्वयात् ।
अतो विशेषो भावानां भूमावेवोपलक्ष्यते ॥४९॥
parasya dṛśyate dharmo  
 hy aparasmin samanvayāt  
 ato viśeṣo bhāvānām  
 bhūmāv evopalakṣyate