TEXT 48
nalini nalini ca prag
dvarav ekatra nirmite
avadhuta-sakhas tabhyam
visayam yati saurabham
SYNONYMS
naliniof the name Nalini; naliniof the name Nalini; caalso; prakeastern; dvarautwo gates; ekatrain one place; nirmiteconstructed; avadhutaof the name Avadhuta; sakhahwith his friend; tabhyamby those two gates; visayamplace; yatiused to go; saurabhamof the name Saurabha.
TRANSLATION
Similarly in the east there were two sets of gates named Nalini and Nalini, and these were also constructed in one place. Through these gates the King, accompanied by a friend named Avadhuta, used to go to the city of Saurabha.
PURPORT
The two gates named Nalini and Nalini are the two nostrils. The living entity enjoys these two gates with the help of different avadhutas, or airs, which constitute the breathing process. Through these gates the living entity goes to the town of Saurabha, or aroma. In other words, the nostrils, with the help of their friend the air, enjoy various aromas in the material world. Nalini and Nalini are the pipes of the nostrils, through which one inhales and exhales, enjoying the aroma of sense pleasure.

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