SB 5.16.23

SB 5.16.23

Devanagari

या ह्युपयुञ्जानानां मुखनिर्वासितो वायु: समन्ताच्छतयोजनमनुवासयति ॥ २३ ॥

Verse text

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

Synonyms

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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

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