नलिनी नालिनी नासे गन्ध: सौरभ उच्यते । घ्राणोऽवधूतो मुख्यास्यं विपणो वाग्रसविद्रस: ॥ ११ ॥
nalini nalini nase gandhah saurabha ucyate ghrano ’vadhuto mukhyasyam vipano vag rasavid rasah
- nalini
- named Nalini
- nalini
- named Nalini
- nase
- the two nostrils
- gandhah
- aroma
- saurabhah
- Saurabha (fragrance)
- ucyate
- is called
- ghranah
- the sense of smell
- avadhutah
- called Avadhuta
- mukhya
- called Mukhya (principal)
- asyam
- the mouth
- vipanah
- named Vipana
- vak
- the faculty of speech
- rasa-vit
- named Rasajna (expert in tasting)
- rasah
- the sense of taste.
The two doors named Nalini and Nalini should be known as the two nostrils, and the city named Saurabha represents aroma. The companion spoken of as Avadhuta is the sense of smell. The door called Mukhya is the mouth, and Vipana is the faculty of speech. Rasajna is the sense of taste.