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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 3, Ch. 27]
yathā gandhasya bhūmeś ca na bhāvo vyatirekataḥ apāṁ rasasya ca yathā tathā buddheḥ parasya ca
yathā—as; gandhasya—of aroma; bhūmeḥ—of earth; ca—and; na—no; bhāvaḥ—existence; vyatirekataḥ—separate; apāṁ—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, so there cannot be any separate existence of intelligence and consciousness.
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.
TEXT 19
अकर्तुः कर्मबन्धोऽयं पुरुषस्य यदाश्रयः ।   गुणेषु सत्सु प्रकृतेः कैवल्यं तेष्वतः कथम् ॥१९॥
akartuḥ karma-bandho 'yam puruṣasya yad-āśrayaḥ guṇeṣu satsu prakṛteḥ kaivalyam teṣv ataḥ katham
akartuḥ—of the passive performer, the non-doer; karma-bandhaḥ—bondage to fruitive activities; ayam—this; puruṣasya—of the soul; yat-āśrayaḥ—caused by attachment to the modes; guṇeṣu—while the modes; satsu—are existing; prakṛteḥ—of material nature; kaivalyam—freedom; teṣu—those; ataḥ—hence; katham—how.