Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 10.15.25
Īśānukathā· The Lord and His devoteesThe Fragrance Reveals Ripe Fruits Nearby
“In the Tāla forest are sweet-smelling fruits no one has ever tasted. Indeed, even now we can smell the fragrance of the tāla fruits spreading all about.”
What the purport teaches
- The Tāla forest contains sweet-smelling fruits that no one has yet tasted.
- Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī explains that an easterly wind carries their fragrance. This wind favors rain in the Vṛndāvana area and generally blows in Bhādra.
- The season indicates that the fruits are excellently ripe. The boys’ ability to smell them indicates that the forest is nearby.
Try this today
Reread the translation slowly and picture the fragrance reaching the boys from the nearby forest.
Ask yourself
How do the details of wind and fragrance help you picture this scene?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
From Canto 10, chapter 14 onward, the translation and purports were completed by Śrīla Prabhupāda's disciples after his departure, and published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.