Madhya-līlā

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

Verse 45 of 355
Cc Madhya 24.45

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 Supreme Personality of Godhead, whose eyes are like the petals of a lotus; pada-aravindaof the lotus feet; kiñjalkawith saffron; miśramixed; tulasīof tulasī leaves; makarandawith the aroma; vāyuḥthe air; antargataḥentered; sva-vivareṇathrough the nostrils; cakāracreated; teṣāmof them; saṅkṣobhamstrong agitation; akṣara-juṣāmof the impersonally self-realized (Kumāras); apialso; citta-tanvoḥof the 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). For an explanation, see Madhya-līlā (17.142).

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