Canto 5: The Creative ImpetusChapter 16: A Description of Jambūdvīpa

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.16.23

yā hy upayuñjānānāḿ mukha-nirvāsito vāyuḥ samantāc chata-yojanam anuvāsayati

SYNONYMS

yāḥ — which (those flows of honey); hi — indeed; upayuñjānānām — of those who drink; mukha-nirvāsitaḥ vāyuḥ — the air emanating from the mouths; samantāt — all around; śata-yojanam — up to one hundred yojanas (eight hundred miles); anuvāsayati — makes sweetly flavored.

TRANSLATION

The air carrying the scent from the mouths of those who drink that honey perfumes the land for a hundred yojanas around.

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