SB 03.26.45 karambha-puti-saurabhya... cited

Expressions researched:
"dravyavayava-vaisamyad" |"gandha eko vibhidyate" |"karambha-puti-saurabhya-" |"santogramladibhih prthak"

SB Canto 3

SB 3.26.45, Translation and Purport:

Odor, although one, becomes many—as mixed, offensive, fragrant, mild, strong, acidic and so on—according to the proportions of associated substances.

Mixed smell is sometimes perceived in foodstuffs prepared from various ingredients, such as vegetables mixed with different kinds of spices and asafoetida. Bad odors are perceived in filthy places, good smells are perceived from camphor, menthol and similar other products, pungent smells are perceived from garlic and onions, and acidic smells are perceived from turmeric and similar sour substances. The original aroma is the odor emanating from the earth, and when it is mixed with different substances, this odor appears in different ways.

Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Lecture on SB 3.26.45 -- Bombay, January 20, 1975:

Nitāi: "Odor, although one, becomes many—as mixed, offensive, fragrant, mild, strong, acidic and so on—according to the proportions of associated substances."

Prabhupāda:

karambha-pūti-saurabhya-

śāntogrāmlādibhiḥ pṛthak

dravyāvayava-vai...

(SB 3.26.45)

What is that? Vaiṣamyād gandha eko vibhidyate. In the previous verse the gandha, from gandha, from smell, fragrance or smell, ghrāṇas tu gandhagaḥ. So in the smelling power, nostril, they perceive different varieties. Variety is there. Although the thing is one, one Kṛṣṇa, but even in His material energy, He is perceived in varieties of things. That is the purpose of this Sāṅkhya philosophy, how one has become many. Ekaṁ bahu syām.