varuṇa-preṣitā devī
vāruṇī vṛkṣa-koṭarāt
patantī tad vanaḿ sarvaḿ
sva-gandhenādhyavāsayat
varuna -- by Varuna, the demigod of the ocean; preshita -- sent; devi -- divine; varuni -- the Varuni liquor; vriksha -- of a tree; kotarat -- from the hollow; patanti -- flowing; tat -- that; vanam -- forest; sarvam -- entire; sva -- with its own; gandhena -- aroma; adhyavasayat -- made even more fragrant.
Sent by the demigod Varuna, the divine Varuni liquor flowed from a tree hollow and made the entire forest even more fragrant with its sweet aroma.
Srila Sridhara Svami explains that Varuni is a liquor distilled from honey. Srila Visvanatha Cakravarti adds that the goddess Varuni, the daughter of Varuna, is the presiding deity of that particular divine liquor. The acarya also quotes the following statement from Sri Hari-vamsa: samipam preshita pitra varunena tavanagha. Here the goddess Varuni says to Lord Balarama: "My father, Varuna, has sent me to You, O sinless one."
