Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 10.38.17

samarhanam yatra nidhāya kauśikas

tathā baliś cāpa jagat-trayendratām

yad vā vihāre vraja-yoshitām śramam

sparśena saugandhika-gandhy apānudat

SYNONYMS

samarhanam — the respectful offering; yatra — into which; nidhāya — by placing; kauśikah — Purandara; tathā — as well as; balih — Bali Mahārāja; ca — also; āpa — attained; jagat — of the worlds; traya — three; indratām — rulership (as Indra, the King of heaven); yat — which (lotus hand of the Lord); vā — and; vihāre — during the pastimes (of the rāsa dance); vraja-yoshitām — of the ladies of Vraja; śramam — the fatigue; sparśena — by their contact; saugandhika — like an aromatic flower; gandhi — fragrant; apānudat — wiped away.

TRANSLATION

By offering charity to that lotus hand, Purandara and Bali earned the status of Indra, King of heaven, and during the pleasure pastimes of the rāsa dance, when the Lord wiped away the gopīs' perspiration and removed their fatigue, the touch of their faces made that hand as fragrant as a sweet flower.

PURPORT

The Purānas call the lotus found in the Mānasa-sarovara Lake a saugandhika. Lord Krishna's lotus hand acquired the fragrance of this flower by coming in contact with the beautiful faces of the gopīs. This specific incident, which occurred during the rāsa-līlā, is described in the Thirty-third Chapter of the Tenth Canto.

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