SB 4.9.44

TEXT 44

TEXT

अथाजिघ्रन्मुहुर्मूर्ध्नि शीतैर्नयनवारिभिः ।
स्नापयामास तनयं जातोद्दाममनोरथः ॥ ४४ ॥

athajighran muhur mūrdhni

sitair nayana-varibhiḥ

snapayam asa tanayam

jatoddama-mano-rathaḥ

atha-thereupon; ajighran-smelling; muhuḥ-again and again; mūrdhni-on the head; sitaiḥ-cold; nayana-of his eyes; varibhiḥ-with the water; snapayam asa-he bathed; tanayam-son; jata-fulfilled; uddama-great; manaḥ-rathaḥ-his desire.

TRANSLATION

Reunion with Dhruva Maharaja fulfilled King Uttanapada's long-cherished desire, and for this reason he smelled Dhruva's head again and again and bathed him with torrents of very cold tears.

PURPORT

By nature's way, when a man cries, there may be two causes. When one cries in great happiness upon the fulfillment of some desire, the tears coming forth from the eyes are very cold and pleasing, whereas tears in times of distress are very hot.

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