Srimad-Bhagavatam: Canto 10 - Chapter 1 - Verse 17


Sanskrit:

समर्हणं यत्र निधाय कौशिक-स्तथा बलिश्चाप जगत्‍त्रयेन्द्रताम् ।यद्वा विहारे व्रजयोषितां श्रमंस्पर्शेन सौगन्धिकगन्ध्यपानुदत् ॥ १७ ॥

ITRANS:

samarhaṇaṁ yatra nidhāya kauśikastathā baliś cāpa jagat-trayendratāmyad vā vihāre vraja-yoṣitāṁ śramaṁsparśena saugandhika-gandhy apānudat

Translation:

By offering charity to that lotus hand, Purandara and Bali earned the status of Indra, King of heaven, and during the pleasure pastimes of the rāsa dance, when the Lord wiped away the gopīs’ perspiration and removed their fatigue, the touch of their faces made that hand as fragrant as a sweet flower.

Purport:

The Purāṇas call the lotus found in the Mānasa-sarovara Lake a saugandhika. Lord Kṛṣṇa’s lotus hand acquired the fragrance of this flower by coming in contact with the beautiful faces of the gopīs. This specific incident, which occurred during the rāsa-līlā, is described in the Thirty-third Chapter of the Tenth Canto.