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CC Madhya 25.158

তস্যারবিন্দনয়নস্য পদারবিন্দ-
কিঞ্জল্কমিশ্রতুলসীমকরন্দবায়ুঃ ।
অন্তর্গতঃ স্ববিবরেণ চকার তেষাং
সংক্ষোভমক্ষরজুষামপি চিত্ততন্বোঃ ॥ ১৫৮ ॥
tasyāravinda-nayanasya padāravinda-
kiñjalka-miśra-tulasī-makaranda-vāyuḥ
antar-gataḥ sva-vivareṇa 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 flower; pada-aravindaof the lotus feet; kiñjalkawith saffron; miśramixed; tulasīof tulasī leaves; makarandawith the aroma; vāyuḥthe air; antaḥ-gataḥentered; sva-vivareṇathrough the nostrils; cakāracreated; teṣāmof them; saṅkṣobhamstrong agitation; akṣara-juṣāmof the impersonally self-realized (Kumāras); apialso; citta-tanvoḥof the mind and the 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 the impersonal Brahman understanding.’

Purport

This is a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.15.43). For an explanation see Madhya-līlā, chapter seventeen, text 142.