तेजोगुणविशेषो ऽर्थो यस्य तच्चक्षुरुच्यते ।
अम्भोगुणविशेषो ऽर्थो यस्य तद्रसनं विदुः ।
भूमेर्गुणविशेषो ऽर्थो यस्य स घ्राण उच्यते ॥ ४८ ॥
tejah-guna-visesah-the distinctive characteristic of fire (form); arthah-object of perception; yasya-whose; tat-that; caksuh-the sense of sight; ucyate-is called; ambhah-guna-visesah-the distinctive characteristic of water (taste); arthah-object of perception; yasya-whose; tat-that; rasanam-the sense of taste; viduh-they know; bhumeh guna-visesah-the distinctive characteristic of earth (odor); arthah-object of perception; yasya-whose; sah-that; ghranah-the sense of smell; ucyate-is called.
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.