नासिके निरभिद्येतां दोधूयति नभस्वति । तत्र वायुर्गन्धवहो घ्राणो नसि जिघृक्षत: ॥ २० ॥
nasike nirabhidyetam dodhuyati nabhasvati tatra vayur gandha-vaho ghrano nasi jighrksatah
- nasike
- in the nostrils
- nirabhidyetam
- being developed
- dodhuyati
- rapidly blowing
- nabhasvati
- air respiration
- tatra
- thereupon
- vayuh
- air
- gandha-vahah
- smelling odor
- ghranah
- sense of smell
- nasi
- in the nose
- jighrksatah
- desiring to smell odors.
Thereafter, when the supreme purusa desired to smell odors, the nostrils and respiration were generated, the nasal instrument and odors came into existence, and the controlling deity of air, carrying smell, also became manifested.