The Earth or land, in which everything is born, is the root of all sorts of taste, of all sorts of scent, of all sorts of liquids, and of all kinds of animals,
रसानां सर्वगन्धानां स्नेहानां प्राणिनां तथा। भूमिर्यानिरिह ज्ञेया यस्यां सर्वं प्रसूयते॥