Shloka 26
Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)
भूमेर्गन्धगुणान् वेत्ति रसं चादभ्य: शरीरवान् । ज्योतिषा चक्षुषा रूपं स्पर्श वेत्ति च वाहिना,जीव भूमिसे ही (अर्थात् घ्राणेन्द्रियद्वारा) गन्ध गुणका अनुभव करता है, जलसम्बन्धी इन्द्रिय रसनासे शरीरधारी पुरुष रसका आस्वादन करता है, तेजोमय नेत्रके द्वारा रूपका तथा वायुसम्बन्धी त्वगिन्द्रियके द्वारा उसे स्पर्शका ज्ञान होता है
bhūmer gandhaguṇān vetti rasaṃ cādbhyaḥ śarīravān | jyotiṣā cakṣuṣā rūpaṃ sparśaṃ vetti ca vāhinā ||
Bharadvāja said: “The embodied being apprehends fragrance through the element earth; he tastes flavour through the waters; by the luminous eye (born of fire) he perceives form; and through the wind, as the principle of touch, he knows contact. Thus the senses, grounded in the elements, disclose their respective objects.”
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