hema-kÄ«lita candana, tÄhÄ kari' ghará¹£aṇa,
tÄhe aguru, kuá¹…kuma, kastÅ«rÄ«
karpÅ«ra-sane carcÄ aá¹…ge, pÅ«rva aá¹…gera gandha saá¹…ge,
mili' tÄre yena kaila curi
hema - with gold; kÄ«lita - bedecked; candana - white sandalwood; tÄhÄ - that; kari' - doing; ghará¹£aṇa - rubbing; tÄhe - in that; aguru - the aguru fragrance; kuá¹…kuma - kuá¹…kuma; kastÅ«rÄ« - and musk; karpÅ«ra - camphor; sane - with; carcÄ - smearing; aá¹…ge - on the body; pÅ«rva - previous; aá¹…gera - of the body; gandha - scent; saá¹…ge - with; mili' - combining; tÄre - that; yena - as if; kaila - did; curi - stealing or covering.
“When sandalwood pulp is mixed with aguru, kuṅkuma, musk and camphor and spread on Kṛṣṇa’s body, it combines with Kṛṣṇa’s own original bodily perfume and seems to cover it.
In another version, the last line of this verse reads kÄmadevera mana kaila curi. This means “the scent of all these substances mixes with the previous scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body and steals away the mind of Cupid.â€
