Live the Bhāgavatam · SB 4.25.48
Ūti· What drives us to actSmell Depends on Air
“Similarly in the east there were two sets of gates named Nalinī and Nālinī, and these were also constructed in one place. Through these gates the King, accompanied by a friend named Avadhūta, used to go to the city of Saurabha.”
What the purport teaches
- Nalinī and Nālinī represent the two nostrils. They are the passages through which the living entity inhales and exhales.
- Their friend Avadhūta represents the airs involved in breathing. With the help of air, the nostrils perceive different aromas.
- Saurabha represents aroma. Traveling there through these gates describes the living entity's enjoyment of smells in the material world.
Try this today
Notice one aroma today and reflect on how air carries it through your nostrils.
Ask yourself
How does the sense of smell draw me toward sense pleasure?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points, practice and question are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport. Read the full purport to go deeper.