Madhya-līlā

Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Verse 115 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.115

তস্যারবিন্দনযনস্য পদারবিন্দ কিংজল্কমিশ্রতুলসীমকরন্দবাযুঃ অন্তর্গতঃ স্ববিবরেণ চকার তেষাং সংক্ষোভমক্ষরজুষামপি চিত্ততন্বোঃ

तस्यारविन्दनयनस्य पदारविन्द किंजल्कमिश्रतुलसीमकरन्दवायुः अन्तर्गतः स्वविवरेण चकार तेषां संक्षोभमक्षरजुषामपि चित्ततन्वोः

tasyāravinda-nayanasya padāravinda- kiñjalka-miśra-tulasī-makaranda-vāyuḥ antargataḥ svavivareṇa cakāra teṣāṁ saṅkṣobham akṣara-juṣām api citta-tanvoḥ

Synonyms

tasyaof Him; aravinda-nayanasyaof the lotus-eyed Lord; pada-aravindaof the lotus feet; kiñjalkawith the toes; miśramixed; tulasīthe tulasī leaves; makarandafragrance; vāyuḥbreeze; antargataḥentered within; svavivareṇathrough their nostrils; cakāramade; teṣāmof the Kumāras; saṅkṣobhamagitation for change; akṣara-juṣāmattached to impersonal Brahman realization; apieven though; citta-tanvoḥin both mind and body..

Translation

" 'When the breeze carrying the aroma of tulasī leaves and saffron from the lotus feet of the lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead entered through the nostrils into the hearts of those sages [the Kumāras], they experienced a change in both body and mind, even though they were attached to impersonal Brahman understanding.'

Purport

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.15.43).

Verse 115 of 355
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