samarhaṇaá¹ yatra nidhÄya kauÅ›ikas
tathÄ baliÅ› cÄpa jagat-trayendratÄm
yad vÄ vihÄre vraja-yoá¹£itÄá¹ Å›ramaá¹
sparÅ›ena saugandhika-gandhy apÄnudat
samarhaṇam - the respectful offering; yatra - into which; nidhÄya - by placing; kauÅ›ikaḥ - Purandara; tathÄ - as well as; baliḥ - Bali MahÄrÄja; ca - also; Äpa - attained; jagat - of the worlds; traya - three; indratÄm - rulership (as Indra, the King of heaven); yat - which (lotus hand of the Lord); vÄ - and; vihÄre - during the pastimes (of the rÄsa dance); vraja-yoá¹£itÄm - of the ladies of Vraja; Å›ramam - the fatigue; sparÅ›ena - by their contact; saugandhika - like an aromatic flower; gandhi - fragrant; apÄnudat - wiped away.
By offering charity to that lotus hand, Purandara and Bali earned the status of Indra, King of heaven, and during the pleasure pastimes of the rÄsa dance, when the Lord wiped away the gopÄ«s’ perspiration and removed their fatigue, the touch of their faces made that hand as fragrant as a sweet flower.
The PurÄṇas call the lotus found in the MÄnasa-sarovara Lake a saugandhika. Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus hand acquired the fragrance of this flower by coming in contact with the beautiful faces of the gopÄ«s. This specific incident, which occurred during the rÄsa-lÄ«lÄ, is described in the Thirty-third Chapter of the Tenth Canto.
