निर्भिन्ने अश्विनौ नासे विष्णोराविशतां पदम् । घ्राणेनांशेन गन्धस्य प्रतिपत्तिर्यतो भवेत् ॥ १४ ॥
nirbhinne asvinau nase visnor avisatam padam ghranenamsena gandhasya pratipattir yato bhavet
- nirbhinne
- thus being separated
- asvinau
- the dual Asvinis
- nase
- of the two nostrils
- visnoh
- of the Lord
- avisatam
- entering
- padam
- post
- ghranena amsena
- by partially smelling
- gandhasya
- aroma
- pratipattih
- experience
- yatah
- whereupon
- bhavet
- becomes.
When the Lord’s two nostrils separately manifested themselves, the dual Asvini-kumaras entered them in their proper positions, and because of this the living entities can smell the aromas of everything.