Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.97
সেই গন্ধবশ নাসা, সদা করে গন্ধের আশা, কভু পায়, কভু নাহি পায় ।
পাইলে পিয়া পেট ভরে, পিঙ পিঙ তবু করে, না পাইলে তৃষ্ণায় মরি’ যায় ॥ ৯৭ ॥
sei gandha-vaśa nāsā, sadā kare gandhera āśā,
kabhu pāya, kabhu nāhi pāya
pāile piyā peṭa bhare, piṅa piṅa tabu kare,
nā pāile tṛṣṇāya mari’ yāya
Translation
“Falling completely under its influence, the nostrils yearn for it continuously, although sometimes they obtain it and sometimes not. When they do they drink their fill, though they still want more and more, but if they don’t, out of thirst they die.
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