Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.15.25
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
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abhukta-pūrvāṇi
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never before tasted
a- (not) + bhukta (eaten) + pūrva (previously). Plural. Gauḍīya: like a-pūrva-rasa, never-before tastes. The Vraja boys eat what no one has ever eaten — like the Six Gosvāmīs receiving teachings on rasa that no one had ever heard.
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surabhīṇi
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fragrant
Plural of surabhi (fragrant; also the name of the wish-fulfilling cow). Gauḍīya: surabhi-fragrance in Vraja is doubly loaded — surabhi-gandha can refer simultaneously to the surabhi-cow's scent and to general fragrance. Vraja's vocabulary is layered.
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gandhaḥ
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aroma
Smell, aroma. Gauḍīya: gandha is one of the five tan-mātras; in Vraja each tan-mātra is heightened — fragrance carries further, sweetness tastes deeper, sight registers more. Vraja sensorium is amplified.
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viṣūcīnaḥ
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spreading everywhere
Spreading in all directions. Gauḍīya: like Kṛṣṇa's yaśas itself, which spreads viṣūcīna — in all directions — through Vṛndāvana. The fragrance is a kīrtana of the fruit's existence.
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avagṛhyate
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is perceived
Passive of ava + √grah — to seize, perceive. The fragrance is grasped by the nose. Gauḍīya: in Vraja, the senses are the first organs of bhakti; the gross body is not opposed to bhakti — it participates.
According to Śrīla Śrīdhara Svāmī, the sweet fragrance of the tāla fruits was carried by an easterly wind, which is conducive to rain in the Vṛndāvana area. This easterly wind generally blows in the month of Bhādra and thus indicates the excellent ripeness of the fruits, while the fact that the boys could smell them indicates the nearness of the Tāla forest.
"In which direction is this forest?" This verse answers: "The fragrance from the forest is carried by the eastern winds of bhadra month. The forest is east from here."
The word ca indicates that the fruits are sweet. Though the fruit have never been eaten, just by smelling the fragrance their sweetness can be known. The word vai indicates certainty. The sweet fragrance is experienced everywhere, for generally in that area the east wind favorable for rain blows in Bhādra month. The fragrance indicates the excellence and nearness of the fruit. Thinking that Kṛṣṇa and Balarāma did not know, they inform them. When the two boys question the others about the demon, they show ignorance of Dhenuka as a joke.
A forbidden fruit's scent reaches the children before any sight of it. The cowherd boys' nostrils are full of tāla-fragrance — never tasted, never even reached. They report sensation as evidence: this fruit exists, it is sweet, we can smell it from here. Vraja-bhakti often begins this way — fragrance precedes meeting, longing precedes union.
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