Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 4.29.11

nalini nalini nase

gandhah saurabha ucyate

ghrano 'vadhuto mukhyasyam

vipano vag rasavid rasah

SYNONYMS

nalini -- named Nalini; nalini -- named Nalini; nase -- the two nostrils; gandhah -- aroma; saurabhah -- Saurabha (fragrance); ucyate -- is called; ghranah -- the sense of smell; avadhutah -- called Avadhuta; mukhya -- called Mukhya (principal); asyam -- the mouth; vipanah -- named Vipana; vak -- the faculty of speech; rasa-vit -- named Rasajna (expert in tasting); rasah -- the sense of taste.

TRANSLATION

The two doors named Nalini and Nalini should be known as the two nostrils, and the city named Saurabha represents aroma. The companion spoken of as Avadhuta is the sense of smell. The door called Mukhya is the mouth, and Vipana is the faculty of speech. Rasajna is the sense of taste.

PURPORT

The word avadhuta means "most free." A person is not under the rules and regulations of any injunction when he has attained the stage of avadhuta. In other words, he can act as he likes. This avadhuta stage is exactly like air, which does not care for any obstruction. In Bhagavad-gita (6.34) it is said:

cancalam hi manah krishna

pramathi balavad dridham

tasyaham nigraham manye

vayor iva sudushkaram

"The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Krishna, and to subdue it is, it seems to me, more difficult than controlling the wind."

Just as the air or wind cannot be checked by anyone, the two nostrils, situated in one place, enjoy the sense of smell without impediment. When the tongue is present, the mouth continually tastes all kinds of relishable foodstuffs.

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