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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.29.11

నలినీ నాలినీ నాసే గన్ధ: సౌరభ ఉచ్యతే । ఘ్రాణోఽవధూతో ముఖ్యాస్యం విపణో వాగ్రసవిద్రస: ॥ ౧౧ ॥
nalinī nālinī nāse
[nalinee naalinee naase]
gandhaḥ saurabha ucyate
[gandhah saurabha uchyate]
ghrāṇo ’vadhūto mukhyāsyaṁ
[ghraano ’vadhooto mukhyaasyam]
vipaṇo vāg rasavid rasaḥ
[vipano vaag rasavid rasah]
Word-for-word
nalinī — named Nalinī nālinī — named Nālinī nāse — the two nostrils gandhaḥ — aroma saurabhaḥ — Saurabha (fragrance) ucyate — is called ghrāṇaḥ — the sense of smell avadhūtaḥ — called Avadhūta mukhyā — called Mukhyā (principal) āsyam — the mouth vipaṇaḥ — named Vipaṇa vāk — the faculty of speech rasa-vit — named Rasajṣa (expert in tasting) rasaḥ — the sense of taste.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
nalinī nālinī nāse
nalinī
named Nalinī
nālinī
named Nālinī
nāse
the two nostrils
gandhaḥ saurabha ucyate
gandhaḥ
aroma
saurabhaḥ
Saurabha (fragrance)
ucyate
is called
ghrāṇo ’vadhūto mukhyāsyaṁ
ghrāṇaḥ
the sense of smell
vipaṇo vāg rasavid rasaḥ
avadhūtaḥ
called Avadhūta
mukhyā
called Mukhyā (principal)
āsyam
the mouth
vipaṇaḥ
named Vipaṇa
vāk
the faculty of speech
rasa-vit
named Rasajṣa (expert in tasting)
rasaḥ
the sense of taste.
The two doors named Nalinī and Nālinī should be known as the two nostrils, and the city named Saurabha represents aroma. The companion spoken of as Avadhūta is the sense of smell. The door called Mukhyā is the mouth, and Vipaṇa is the faculty of speech. Rasajṣa is the sense of taste.
Purport

The word avadhūta means “most free.” A person is not under the rules and regulations of any injunction when he has attained the stage of avadhūta. In other words, he can act as he likes. This avadhūta stage is exactly like air, which does not care for any obstruction. In Bhagavad-gītā (6.34) it is said:

caṣcalaṁ hi manaḥ kṛṣṇa pramāthi balavad dṛḍham tasyāhaṁ nigrahaṁ manye vāyor iva suduṣkaram

“The mind is restless, turbulent, obstinate and very strong, O Kṛṣṇa, and to subdue it is, it seems to me, more difficult than controlling the wind.”

Just as the air or wind cannot be checked by anyone, the two nostrils, situated in one place, enjoy the sense of smell without impediment. When the tongue is present, the mouth continually tastes all kinds of relishable foodstuffs.

— A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Gauḍīya
Translation
The gates called Nalinī and Nālinī are the two nostrils. The place called Saurabha is the sense object smell. Avadhūta refers to the sense organ called the nose. The gate called Mukhya is the mouth. Vipaṇa is the voice. Rasajṣa is the sense organ called the tongue. Avadhūta means shaking. It refers to air. Air is used in breathing, which is performed with the nose also. Therefore the nose is called Avadhūta. The name Mukhya refers to the mouth, which functions for tasting and speaking. Vipaṇa means the voice and Rasajṣa or Rasavit means the tongue. Nine syllables in the last line is an irregularity in the meter.
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