Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 10.38.17

samarhanam yatra nidhaya kausikas

tatha balis capa jagat-trayendratam

yad va vihare vraja-yositam sramam

sparsena saugandhika-gandhy apanudat

SYNONYMS

samarhanam -- the respectful offering; yatra -- into which; nidhaya -- by placing; kausikah -- Purandara; tatha -- as well as; balih -- Bali Maharaja; ca -- also; apa -- attained; jagat -- of the worlds; traya -- three; indratam -- rulership (as Indra, the King of heaven); yat -- which (lotus hand of the Lord); va -- and; vihare -- during the pastimes (of the rasa dance); vraja-yositam -- of the ladies of Vraja; sramam -- the fatigue; sparsena -- by their contact; saugandhika -- like an aromatic flower; gandhi -- fragrant; apanudat -- 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 rasa dance, when the Lord wiped away the gopis' perspiration and removed their fatigue, the touch of their faces made that hand as fragrant as a sweet flower.

PURPORT

The Puranas call the lotus found in the Manasa-sarovara Lake a saugandhika. Lord Krsna's lotus hand acquired the fragrance of this flower by coming in contact with the beautiful faces of the gopis. This specific incident, which occurred during the rasa-lila, is described in the Thirty-third Chapter of the Tenth Canto.

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