Canto 5, Chapter 16

Chapter 16

Verse 23 (SB 5.16.23)
SB 5.16.23 • मूल श्लोक

या ह्युपयुञ्जानानां मुखनिर्वासितो वायु: समन्ताच्छतयोजनमनुवासयति ॥ २३ ॥

Transliteration

yā hy upayuñjānānāṁ mukha-nirvāsito vāyuḥ samantāc chata-yojanam anuvāsayati.

Synonyms (Word-for-Word)

yāḥ — which (those flows of honey); hi — indeed; upayuñjānānām — of those who drink; mukha-nirvāsitaḥ vāyuḥ — the air emanating from the mouths; samantāt — all around; śata-yojanam — up to one hundred yojanas (eight hundred miles); anuvāsayati — makes sweetly flavored.

Translation

“The air carrying the scent from the mouths of those who drink that honey perfumes the land for a hundred yojanas around.”

Bhaktivedanta Purport

By Śrīla Prabhupāda