Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 3.26.48
Sarga· CreationSight, Taste, and Smell
“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.”
What the purport teaches
- Form is the distinctive characteristic of fire. The sense that perceives form is sight.
- Taste is the distinctive characteristic of water. It is perceived by the sense of taste.
- Odor is the distinctive characteristic of earth. It is perceived by the sense of smell.
Try this today
Write three pairs from memory: sight and form, taste and water, smell and earth.
Ask yourself
How does this verse connect each sense with an element's distinctive characteristic?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.